11-27-2003, 02:42 PM
I remmy as a kid i got every single tooth bar 3 taken out since i ate so much candy and never brushed my teeth.
However, my real terror never occurred till i saw my dad's friend "extract" my brothers teeth. He used rusty pliars to just smash them. I will never forget that. I was next in line but all i can say is i still have the 2 teeth he wanted to take out.
My parents moaned at me saying i was a coward but recently they all had their teeth botched up by him and they aren't going back.
Conversely when i went to get a tooth pulled in Hong Kong it was quite painless, even the injections were less sore than in the UK...
I got a wisdom tooth taken out 2 weeks ago at the hospital since it was mostly under the gum and impacting on the one next to it. It took me a year to get an appointment by which time pain had subsided. I now regret having it taken out as the one next to it is so sensitive now that things are worse.
Having a hamster cheek and a big empty socket with trapped food is no fun either. 
However, my real terror never occurred till i saw my dad's friend "extract" my brothers teeth. He used rusty pliars to just smash them. I will never forget that. I was next in line but all i can say is i still have the 2 teeth he wanted to take out.
My parents moaned at me saying i was a coward but recently they all had their teeth botched up by him and they aren't going back.
Conversely when i went to get a tooth pulled in Hong Kong it was quite painless, even the injections were less sore than in the UK...
I got a wisdom tooth taken out 2 weeks ago at the hospital since it was mostly under the gum and impacting on the one next to it. It took me a year to get an appointment by which time pain had subsided. I now regret having it taken out as the one next to it is so sensitive now that things are worse.
Having a hamster cheek and a big empty socket with trapped food is no fun either.