the perc is just starting to kick in

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Originally Posted by wolf

but my dentist (the one I still go to) advised me that because wisdom teeth have no enamel and are prone to caveties he would be working in the back of my mouth every time I came to see him.

Oh WOW, I did not know that. I was wondering why the one fully erupted tooth felt like it had a major cavity in it. I'm sure the pliers broke away some of the tooth, but it has a huge, huge, huge hole in it, exposing the inners of the tooth. I'm surprised it never bothered me the way other cavities did.

That was upper left. Lower left was partially impacted, growing in the proper direction. The other two (and yes, only two. Wolf, you weirdo) were growing sideways, with the top of the tooth pressing up against the root of the next molar. Those were completely impacted - I thought the surgeon would be cutting open to get at them, but he just used that <A HREF="http://www.foothill.edu/bio/programs/dentala/images/dentalinst.jpg">small spoon-looking tool</A> (the one on the left) and pried them out. Grody.

I hate dental instruments. The worst is the pick, that sharp, curved, pointy thing with which both dentists and orthos scrape away at your teeth and reveal bad things that require novacaine, drilling and lots of blood to fix.