Not funny (well not for me)
Last week my wisdom tooth became inflamed having had the indecency to get trapped under the cusp of one of the other lumps of calcium in my mouth. Went to dentist expecting some painkillers and referral for surgery...oh no...'We'll pop that out now for you if you like?' Two and a half hours later amid much blood and screaming like a girl out came the last fragments of my very much defunct wisdom tooth. It refused to budge when he wiggled the screwdriver under it, the pliers were not much more effective, the drilling to clear a path was pointless. Put it this way after innumerable numbers of anaesthetic jabs which had all now basically worn off I felt the scalpel slice through my gum and the drilling below the gumline, I felt the tooth shatter, I felt each piece being individually wrenched out of my incredibly sore mouth and I felt the needle go in and out for both stitches. They even had to cancel two appointments after mine and shut the door so no-one else could hear me while I was pinned down to get enough leverage.

It was not a good day. On the up side I am going under a general to have the other one out.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Sat 13 Mar 2010, 8:00, 5 replies)

Ouch...
I had it 2 weeks ago - the dentist told me she was filling the tooth but actually yanked it out..... never had so much pain
(macomateo is procrastinating on, Sat 13 Mar 2010, 9:25, closed)

Could be worse
My dentist (who is actually very good and quite a nice bloke) was extremely apologetic. He had to take a break half way through as his arm was tired! Whilst recuperating my sister mentioned that her extraction had been similar but that her jaw had been broken because of the force involved so I got off lightly. Has yours cleared up now, I am having to flush the cavity with hydrogen peroxide twice a day?
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Sat 13 Mar 2010, 15:03, closed)

The last time I went to the dentist he told me I had to have them all out.
He got the finger and out I walked. I've done all my own dental work since and never had to have any removed!
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Sat 13 Mar 2010, 9:40, closed)

If I had realised what was coming...
I may have been disinclined to acquiesce to his suggestion too.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Sat 13 Mar 2010, 15:04, closed)

Let's hope
it's not General Schwarzkopf.
(Rsoles, Sat 13 Mar 2010, 15:15, closed)

Actually more like Corporal Punishment.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Sun 14 Mar 2010, 15:51, closed)

this makes me very glad
that i have no wisdom teeth to remove
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 13 Mar 2010, 19:04, closed)

This makes me glad
that I've had full mouth x-rays and now know that the roots of my wisdom teeth are weirdly long and bendy.

My previous dentist had tried the "you should have those wisdom teeth out now" thing with me, but I declined. The new dentist who did the x-rays basically said "I didn't think it was really necessary to take them out before, but now I'm certain of it and if anyone ever tries to tell you otherwise make them x-ray you first - they'll change their mind."
(xanthine, Sun 14 Mar 2010, 3:49, closed)

Well, quite
My x-ray showed no apparent disconnect between the jaw and the tooth! I believe the phrase 'I have never seen anything like this was used more than once'.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Sun 14 Mar 2010, 15:51, closed)