I had just one wisdom tooth out a couple of years ago. It had cracked and when the dentist looked at it, he suggested he just take it out then and there, "it's already half way there". So 45 minutes of pushing, pulling, cracking and crunching, it was finally out, in a three pieces. He reckons he nearly ran out of options, but his last tool got it.
The outcome? I couldn't eat for 5 or 6 days, and the pain spread through the whole side of my face for about a month. No real swelling or bruising but pain. Aching, driving pain.
But that's not the worst. After it had healed up pretty well, I noticed one day I could feel a little sharp thing with my tongue, right where the tooth used to be. I couldn't help but push at it with my tongue, and after a while a little white "something" came out. Figured it was a stray bit of tooth, no big deal. But this happened about 6 or 7 times, some pieces a few mm long! Apparently they were pieces of jaw bone and it's not uncommon after a difficult extraction.
I'm in no rush to get any more out!
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