Dental Surgery is Fun

My mouth is slowly beginning to feel more like someone used a sharp object to pry a wisdom tooth out. I am, of course,thankful for modern dentistry techniques, since someone did actually pry a tooth out, only hours ago. Modern dentistry, despite the obvious advancements in anesthesia, is still somewhat primitive in practice. I watched in disbelief when the dentist stuck some sort of dental tool in my mouth and used it like a crowbar to pop my tooth loose. Then I listened as the tooth cracked audibly and half of it nearly went down my throat. I forced myself not to panic when the dentist and his assistant scrambled to pluck the fragment of my wisdom tooth off of my tonsil, all the while urging me not to swallow.
And that was good dental surgery.
My Dad told me the story of how once he visited a dentist for similar oral surgery (I inherited his crooked wisdom teeth along with nearly every other physical trait I own) and fled the dentist's office bleeding profusely from the gums. I am thankful that at least I didn't feel the need to get up and run in the middle of the tooth removal.