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For me, they said my wisdom tooth was too impacted, so unless it was causing pain O should just leave it because removing it could damage a nerve and leave part of my face numb.

And I'm in the US, and dentists are constantly trying to upcharge you for whitening and other stuff, so I took that warning seriously.

Anyone smart enough to be here knows socialized healthcare is better for people than the alternative.

Er, your dentist still gets paid.

As soon as a dentist deems it medically necessary, it’s fully covered by even the most basic health insurance.

Yeah, that's the joke. Americans pull wisdom teeth left and right regardless of whether or not it poses a medical risk, it's a part of their culture. Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/no-you-probably-don-t-need-to-get-your-wisdom-teeth-removed-ever

Can Germans stop wanking off about their country all the time? You guys have basic healthcare compared to many countries, only reason you don't realise it, is that you are too Americanised. Women have to pay for their own mammography here for fucks sake

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Where was he?

You do realize that whey protein shakes are a thing, right?

What a horrible day to be literate

Look, I ain't calling you a liar or anything, but that's going on the list with balut as the second thing that I won't try at least once.

My doc only takes 2 out at the same time (from one side), so the patient can chew. 4 sounds risky

Do they still give you an almost 2 week script of hydrocodone after? I remember watching a lot of magic school bus high as fuck when I was younger for a few days after.

My dad's are like that and he went to a dentist a few years ago that told him "we need to get those out of there". My dad was just like "why? They haven't a problem til now and I'm almost 70." He did not go back to that guy.

"Impacted" sounds like unbearable pain. No? Got a good story about mine. Bear with me.

Got my top 2 out because they erupted sideways, actually cut my finger, thought it was a stuck Dorito. Shit had to go. Got the bottom 2 while I was under general.

First time completely under. Dentist said I wasn't going home until my gf could drive me. Great! Woke at home with her hovering over my face. She was a little bitchy when I asked how I got home.

"You don't remember that? Nothing?!"

I had refused to leave the comfy office bed, fought and cussed. Whole waiting room heard:

"FUCK YOU! I'll take you back there and do to you what they did to me!"

Jesus. (Nurses right about now: Yep. And I know OP is a guy.)

I had that. The 8th (wisdom) tooth grows in that position. At first there's no problem but it starts to create pressure on all other teeth and eventually starts to hurt as it's pushing against the 7th tooth. The solution is to take out wisdom teeth, which is a quite common procedure any way. Don't know what the "infinite money" is about. Maybe this is some USA thing.

It took a while for me but after some thinking I believe it is a joke for Americans, for whom dental care is infamously expensive. Probably this type of wisdom tooth causes problems so frequently that a dentist could pretty much live off a single patient with this condition, that'd be the joke. Full disclaimer I'm not American, not a dentist and my wisdom teeth also not like that

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Graduates, sure, but stundents are still learning