I forgot to mention something in my earlier post about getting my wisdom teeth removed on the 23rd (which, by the way, is approaching far too quickly):
While talking to the nurse at the oral surgeon’s office, I asked her if I would be allowed to keep my wisdom teeth. I was serious in the request; I figured it’d be nifty to have them in a container on my desk or something. That way I could always claim to have at least some wisdom, even if it was sitting in a cup somewhere. That’s never to be, however; the nurse told me that I’m not allowed to keep my teeth, as they’re required by law to dispose of them as a biohazard.
What’s up with this? I distinctly remember as a kid being given my teeth from the dentist, handed over in little plastic teeth-shaped containers. At what age does a tooth transition from being something we’re allowed to keep to “oh noes, biohazard!”?
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Maybe at the age where they start coming in sideways kamikaze patterns.
Posted 20 Mar 2009 at 12:23 pm ¶Hey, my top wisdom teeth came straight down; they’re a big large, as they hang lower than my other teeth, but they’re at least vertical.
Now the lowers.. fair point. They’ll probably have to break those to get them out. But still, why can’t I have the chunks?
Posted 21 Mar 2009 at 5:28 pm ¶Try not to despair at having to eat through a straw for a few days.
Just remember, you only have to do this once.
As for keeping them… why? Even if you want to make cheesy jokes it doesn’t make sense. You historians, so sentimental.
Posted 22 Mar 2009 at 8:33 am ¶Perhaps american wisdom teeth can be turned into a dangerous nucelar weapon when they are freshly removed out of the bone. European wisdom teeth in contrast are pretty harmless. I’ve kept mine in a glass bottle of afri-cola with 75 percent alcohol for a few years. Looked pretty cool, because I even had five wisdom teeth, and two of them were grown together.
Good luck for tomorrow!!!
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