My jaw was large enough to accomodate my wisdom teeth, so I got to keep mine. However, I had one bad tooth that basically disintigrated down to the point I needed a gold crown at 16 (this is what happens when you're parents don't take you to the dentist for four years, and they don't listen when you say something's wrong with your teeth!).Almost have to wonder why the hell we still have third molars if they're no use to us and just have to be pulled out anyway
Eventually, the gold crown came out (at 6am on a Wednesday at college, so I had to wait for the weekend before I could drive 90 miles back to see my dentist). What was left of that tooth didn't want to come peacefully, so I got a local anesthetic, had the dentist drill into the tooth, cut it into three sections, and pull each one out individually. Even then, it took every last ounce of his upper body strength to pull the tooth out, and it didn't hurt!
Of course, I'm one of these bizarre people who doesn't feel cavities, or other pain in my teeth.
It didn't hurt when my wisdom teeth came in, it's getting them out that's a pain in the jaw >.<
Pwolf
That's why I haven’t been back to the dentist in almost 7 years. That and I don't take well to being poked and prodded in the mouth, the most sensitive part of my body, with needles, my number one fear.
