A friend of mine took her two sons to have their wisdom teeth out last Friday.
It was a local anesthetic, they didn't put them under. I personally think you should always be put under when you have your wisdom teeth removed. Here's a good reason why:
The dentist had his tooth extractor in position to remove the oldest boy's upper left wisdom tooth when the boy coughed. This caused the dentist to jerk and shove the tooth clear up into the fatty tissue of the boy's cheek.
Really.
The dentist then spend 35 minutes trying to find the wisdom tooth. He couldn't get it.
So he left it there. Somewhere in his upper cheek.
He said that they'll leave it there for two months and hope that gravity causes it to migrate back down to his jaw where they can take it out.
If it doesn't, they may just leave it there.
Wow.
