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Should One Postpone Wisdom Tooth Surgery Despite Having Concussion?

my 18 year old daughter hit her head on a concrete bench and sustained a concussion on Nov. 1st. She was not allowed to attend classes, do work, watch tv, had light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, bad headaches, trouble concentrating, slightly confused. She was out of classes for two full weeks, and was cleared by the Student health \center physician to resume her normal activities with physical activities still limited. She has not had any headaches in two weeks. She is scheduled to get general anesthesia with IV sedation to get her four impacted wisdom teeth out on Dec. 19th. Should I postpone this surgery?
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Thank you for consulting HCM .
First , Your daughter's head injury was symptomatic .The student health centre has still barred her from any sternous/stressful activity after two weeks of rest . Extraction under GA is an otherwise non stressful procedure but for children a mere anxiety can exagerrate , having the history of trauma just a few weeks ago .
I strongly advice you to take a neurology consultation to carry on with extraction under GA for all the 4 wisdoms ,as extractions may have some after math too .
take care .
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Should One Postpone Wisdom Tooth Surgery Despite Having Concussion?

Hi Thank you for consulting HCM . First , Your daughter s head injury was symptomatic .The student health centre has still barred her from any sternous/stressful activity after two weeks of rest . Extraction under GA is an otherwise non stressful procedure but for children a mere anxiety can exagerrate , having the history of trauma just a few weeks ago . I strongly advice you to take a neurology consultation to carry on with extraction under GA for all the 4 wisdoms ,as extractions may have some after math too . take care .