I had my wisdom teeth taken out when I was 16 because I had worn braces for about 3 years before then, and the dentist told my mom that they needed to come out because some of them were impacted and would ruin what the braces did. I was referred to an oral surgeon, and they were removed a few days later. I ended up missing about 3 days of school, and I had codeine for the pain, and it really worked. The only drawback was that the pill would start to dissolve when I put it in my mouth, so it tasted pretty nasty.
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason,
and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei