This lady had a tooth taken out by one of our dentists and decided to have it done under sedation:

"I had asked to be ‘unconscious’ and you explained that that was no longer legal. However, I confirm that the ‘snooze and memory loss’ happened, and that I did not experience any pain. There was a moment (and here I do not know the running order, so you will probably laugh!!) where I was aware of a loud-singing, circular, grinding and crunching. It was very close, but it was ‘nothing to do with me’. A gentle and loving hand wiped my face. Gratefulness just welled up, and I wanted to say thank you. I know I turned my head, but the inner smile wasn’t expressible, so that wasn’t enough. So, I tried to say thank you with my hand. I suspect that’s when, as you said on the phone, I ‘detached’ myself from the sedation line. I do apologise for that ‘interruption’ to your activities…..

The next I was aware of was lots and lots of very fast little movements with a long thread and thinking ‘oh that’s long’ and ‘oh knotting’ and ‘phew that’s fast’. I was also aware of some kind of a hook sliding in and out of the side of my mouth. But, still no pain. The next awareness was of a change of tool, and, with that rhythm change, the taste of that nicer-than-toothpaste-product which you use for polishing after cleaning.

Afterwards, I could not believe how fast I was ‘with it’ again. I expected to be very under par (if not dozing all day) for most of Friday / Saturday. That was not true! And when I came to rinse out my mouth after 6 hours as directed, it was so clean! There were no ‘bits’ from the extractions or the cleaning, and no blood and no bleeding. Amazing!