My wisdom teeth at the jaw were removed with a brief surgery and the anesthesia was local. I find it strange that in the US full anaesthesia is the default.<p>I see that many doctors do extra studies and interventions so that they can charge for it to the medical insurance. For example, every time I go to a new dentist (covered by the insurance) they always want to do a &#x27;dental cleaning&#x27;, as that is something extra they can charge, and the medical insurance always authorize it when they have a new patient.