Those Pearly Whites

I had my wisdom teeth pulled back in high school. They hadn't come in yet, but the dental xrays showed they wouldn't come in properly, so they were preemptively extracted. Besides the fact that the dental surgeon was a gigantic ass, the surgery went off quite easily. I don't remember experiencing any pain, and I was eating normal food the next day.

As for my other teeth, I should probably take better care of them. Growing up I went to the dentist regularly, but once I moved out and had to pay for things myself, I stopped going. I brush twice daily, floss whenever something is stuck, and I've never had a cavity. One of these days I'll have to go back to the dentist; my front tooth was broken in the third grade, and the cap/filling/whatever it is was only supposed to last 7 years. That was 20 years ago. Sometimes it gets very sensitive to temperature, and at some point it will probably just break off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Chaotic

So for anyone who got them pulled already, how'd you go about doing that? Novocaine? Laughing gas? Surgery?

Intravenous stuff for me. I was partially conscious, in that I could hear what was going on and could feel some pressure in my mouth, but I was zoned out. I went home and slept it off, and I don't recall being in any real pain once the numbing agent wore off. I spat some blood, but that was about it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.