Comments on: Long in the tooth

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:36:03 +0000

At least you were luckier with your taxi driver than I was when I had some teeth out.
After having some extractions done, I remember having to get a taxi back home, and the taxi driver was horrible with me.
Despite my bleeding gums, and having to sit on the back seat with a hanky in my mouth, he was so aggressive and unfriendly. It’s as if he just didn’t want me in his taxi and coudn’t wait to get rid of me.

By: Uncle Did

Uncle Did — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:52:41 +0000

At the age of 17, I had my 4 wisdom teeth.
and I still have them now.
Can you be big mouthed and wise at the same time ?

By: Rachie

Rachie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:50:49 +0000

Gordon, I think that makes the score 1 set to love. No narrow escape with double faults…

Mel, I’m going to milk it for all I’m worth. With any luck, I won’t have to do anything for myself for approximately 2 years.

By: mel

mel — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:55:00 +0000

i went into a dentist in putney for a check-up, yes putney.. and yes the dentist was very handsome, and yes i foolishly agreed to the impacted wisdom teeth removal immediately, only 2 mind you, but i was back at vso by 10 and felt alright with it.. god knows how you’re going to get on with childbirth!!

By: Gordon P

Gordon P — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:33:51 +0000

…and before you smash that one into the next county, that’s ‘musings’ (breathes sigh of narrow escape).

By: Gordon P

Gordon P — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:23:11 +0000

I recall having my top two wisdom teeth out about mid teens, under general, in a hospital. The surgeon didn’t appear to be much older than I, and was quite cute, so I was instantly nervous, thinking: ‘is it possible to maintain ones cool infront of a girl whilst out cold on the slab and she’s elbow-deep in your gaping maw?…..’ (mewsings of a young dog).

So she’s doing the ward rounds and has a good old poke around my top row. “No problem: we should have those wizzies out in a flash!” was the conclusion.

I am suddenly overcome with sadness at the loss. These things which have been lying dormant for years are just poking their little noses, mole-like through the surface, and just as they do, they’re gonna be ripped in an untimely fashion by the root. And to top it all – they already have a PET NAME!

Overall, it was probably a good idea to remove them. What I still feel for are a couple of perfectly good pre-molars that a rather keen dentist pulled because (in his opinion) my mouth would still be too full of teeth, even without the wizzies (sniff!). Like Posh Spice, I’m now self-concious of smiling too broardly, as there are two gaping holes between canines and 2nd pre-molars. Guess the grannyp article puts this into perspective a little – I ought not to feel too bad about it!

By: Rachie

Rachie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:46:44 +0000

Hey Kermy, you’re right to be afraid. Dentists called Neil can only be evil. Mwahahahaha.

Good Woman – hello! I am very wise. Thank you!

Iota, I salute you. I had mine out two at a time, and that was bloody bad enough. This little tale is only the first two. The second time I think I went to another dimension, or forced one of my various personalities to undergo it, because I remember very little.

Grannyp, hi. That sounds awful. No teeth at 19? And anaesthetic in those days probably wasn’t as handy as it is now. I will stop complaining.

By: grannyp

grannyp — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:08:16 +0000

I have my grandmother’s diary written before she was married. In a life of unmitigating good works (teenage rampage? FORGET IT – no such thing in general then; and she was vicar’s daughter; going + chaperone to the odd dance in London was about it; and even then she only appeared to dance with aged uncles- and no, don’t take that the wrong way..) the high points were 1) the anniversaries of her confirmation 2) being taken to the dentist to have all her teeth out, as a nineteenth birthday present. Seems they thought it would save a lot of hassle for the rest of your life. I suppose they gave her some kind of anaesthetic. She was much too polite to give any of the horrid details….

By: Iota

Iota — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:44:03 +0000

I had all four wisdoms out in a dentist’s chair under local anaesthetic. Like you. I asked the dentist, before he started, why he didn’t do two and then two another time, which seemed to be how most people have it done. He replied “most people don’t want to come back again – it’s not a very pleasant experience – best to get it over with”. It was an honest answer, although not very reassuring at the time. Still, like you, I do feel it gives me a high and rather smug vantage point from which to sympathise with those who have them out less than 4 at a time, and/or under general anaesthetic.

By: The Good Woman

The Good Woman — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:19:52 +0000

Sounds wise, luv.