Had my wisdom teeth out in the 1990's. 3 out of 4 were impacted and they did some serious digging and grinding, so the doc put me under. I think it started with IV sodium thiopental with a maintenance flow of some sort of nose gas.
I was sixteen years old, and pretty square at the time. When I came to, there was no nausea, though they told me I totally flirted with one of the nurses like a complete dork.
Aftercare was lots of gauze changes and no solid food for a couple of days. I think they may have given me a script for percocet (oxycodone/acetominaphen) but honestly the pain afterwards was not that bad. I've broken bones and torn tendons. The aftermath of having power tools excavating your face bones, when operated by a qualified oral surgeon, is nowhere near as uncomfortable as those other kinds of injuries.
Two shells up for dental surgeons.