The Wisdom Of Pulling Teeth
Seniors tell their humorous stories about getting wisdom teeth removed along with their reactions after surgery
Researchers say that the average person has four wisdom teeth and about 90 percent of all people will develop at least one.
The problem with wisdom teeth is that they don’t have enough space to break through the gums and most people decide to remove them in their teen age. Most of those experiences are both stressing and funny in the same way for some students.
Seniors Luke Barker and Garrett Gregg had their wisdom teeth removed this summer at the beginning of August.
“The dentist wanted them gone,” Barker said. “I was a little nervous, but I knew it would be okay because he had done so many surgeries.”
Removing of wisdom teeth was not a big deal for Gregg also because, as he said, he really wanted them to be removed before college.
“I was calm all the time,” Gregg said. “It’s not a big surgery!”
Because of anesthesia, that is a usual method to prevent pain during the process of removal, many of those who remove their wisdom teeth don’t remember what really happened, but they do some silly things and both Barker and Gregg did.
“I was loopy while I was out with my friends and I found everything hilarious,” Gregg said. “But they were embarrassed.”
“My friends came over while I was loopy and I began singing very loudly when the doorbell rang,” Barker said. “That made my friends laughs so much.”
As Barker said, everything was fine after a month.
“But, you should be ready to eat mashed potatoes and milkshakes all the time and not everyone likes that like me,” Barker said.
Wisdom teeth removal is routine thing in now day medicine and, although the concerns are normal, dentists say there is nothing to be afraid of.
