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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArielManx" data-source="post: 994719" data-attributes="member: 11220">I had my bottom wisdom teeth pulled at age 21.  There wasn't enough room for them to come in so out they had to come.  I was awake but took the laughing gas so it was no big whoop.  One tooth broke as it was being pulled so the dentist had to big a bit to get each piece out.  One deep stitch in each side and a bottle of antibiotics and home I went.  I filled the painkiller prescription but stuck to Advil.  I sure got tired of soup and applesauce...Still have the top ones, though as several have noted they're a pain to brush.  I asked the dentist about pulling those too, but he said as long as they stay healthy I should keep them (they came in straight) because I'm already missing two teeth on top from my botched-up braces experience.  Wisdom teeth make great anchors for partials and bridges, apparently.  So if you don't have any problems, keep 'em!I'm ever grateful that I didn't inherit a certain trait from my grandfather...the roots on all his molars were crossed, like X's.  My father told me the day Grandpa came home from having his teeth pulled in preparation for getting dentures, his whole face was black and blue; Doc (as everyone called the dentist back home) had gotten up on the chair and braced one hand on Grandpa's head while pulling with all his might (and his biggest set of pliers).  *shudder*Ariel</blockquote>