wisdom teeth removal question

I got my wisdom teeth removed today. My first problem with my wisdom teeth removal was the oral surgeon couldn’t get a vein. He stuck me with the IV five times before he got a good vein. My veins are very deep and thin so I wasn’t too surprised but it was uncomfortable. I get put to sleep, and I wake up after about 45 minutes. Apparently I was fighting during the sedation. I was so confused and shocked but that turned out to be the least of my worries. They decided to pull out the remaining two teeth under local anesthetic instead of putting me back to sleep. I could feel everything. Now it’s worth noting that I consider myself to have a pretty high pain tolerance in general. I’ve had broken bones, appendectomy, secondary surgery from infection after appendectomy. Nothing too crazy but doctors always tell me I have a high pain tolerance. And the staff new this because the doctor struggled so much with IV and felt so horrible about it. I was already restrained because of the fighting while under IV sedation, and now a nurse was holding my head down and another was holding my feet down. I kept asking why I was awake and I couldn’t understand. I kept saying it was hurting me as they were pulling my other teeth out. It was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced. I was screaming and crying. The nurses tried to explain what was happening but it was while I was in excruciating pain. Nobody took a second to stop and explain what was going on. A second oral surgeon was in there at one point. People kept going in and out. It was extremely chaotic, frightening, and painful. I currently have a rash on my wrist from trying to get out of the restraints. It hurt so bad. I have several questions about the whole experience and I hoping to get answers from anyone. I would love if anyone in the dentistry field could answer but really any advice or opinions would be appreciated.

1. Why didn’t they put me back to sleep? I was clearly in pain and crying and screaming. I figured that if I was fighting them under sedation they would just give me a higher dose. Please inform me
2. Why did it hurt when I woke up? At first, I thought maybe I was just in a state of shock from waking up during surgery and maybe it didn’t hurt that bad. But the more I think about it, the more I KNOW I was in true excruciating pain. An important thing to note here is that my family has a history of not reacting well to novacane. My grandmother said her tooth surgery still hurt even with the maximum legal dosage. Could that be why mine hurt? I have no idea if novacane is what was used in my surgery but it very well could have been. (by the way, I had no idea of this prior to my surgery, otherwise I would’ve told the doctors, I was just informed of this tonight)
3. Am I incorrect (morally or legally speaking) in thinking that the dentist should have made sure the local anesthetic was working? He kept reassuring me that it was just pressure and not pain, not stopping once. I understand he had a job to do but I’m truly traumatized by the experience. If he would’ve stopped for a few seconds to give me more anesthetic then it could’ve saved me a lot of pain. Maybe there’s something I’m missing (actually it’s very likely that there’s something I’m missing) so any help/advice would be helpful.
4. Has anyone else had an even remotely similar experience

   By the way, I have never posted anything on here before. I literally made an account just for this. That’s how confused and shocked I am.

   I also want to note that even after the surgery, I got very little explanation. The surgeon didn’t even speak to me. Nobody addressed my pain. Nobody addressed why a second oral surgeon had to step in or why people were running in and out of the room. I was told the surgery would be about 30 minutes and it ended up being about 2 hours. Which would be totally fine if I was given a better explanation of why. And now I’m paying about $3000 for this experience lol.

   Please help

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