Earlier considered a sign of maturity. A full, whole set of teeth. Congratulations!
Thank you, where can I return them? Some people are lucky enough to never have them, my grandmother got one at the age of 54. Some scientists say evolution is working on removing wisdom teeth from the human race all together, but that's a few more generations down the line. I had them all before I was 20. Four times now over the last couple of years my lower left wisdom tooth has gotten infected, taking my tonsels down with it. I got sick of it (literally), so I decided to face my greatest fear.
I am no fan of dentists. I don't like syringes. I have no problem admitting I felt highly uncomfortable lying nearly upside down in my dentist's office early last Monday morning.
- Seems this flap of skin over your wisdom tooth is causing the infection, do you want me to cut the flap off or extract the tooth?
Shit. A scalpell or a pair of tongs, any other options? A magic wand, perhaps? No? Ok.. I told her to get the tooth out, wisdom teeth in my family have rarely caused anything but trouble, so I thought the sooner the better. But the syringe is out sooner than I had expected.
- Open wide.
Pulling teeth out doesn't hurt, it's just so damn uncomfortable. The pricking and tingling from the sedation, then the sensation of inflated lips, the drooling. And of course the part where she starts pushing and pulling and twisting the tooth to get it loose, so that it creaks and cracks throughout the skull. Thank goodness I haven't inherited my mom's teeth, her wisdom teeth didn't have roots, but hooks. Mine was a real beauty.
As I paid an insane amount of money for someone taking something away from me and half an hour of pain (660 NOK, close to 100 USD. Toothfairy refund?), I thought to myself "Well, at least it's over now". Oh, how wrong I was. 4 days later I'm still living on painkillers, and to top it all off my nose has started to run and my throat is sore. Boo hoo. But hey, silver lining: my 31 other teeth are looking good!
Today's thought provoker: Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself". Oh, and in China, September 20th is "Love Your Teeth Day".
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