On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 3:16:16 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > My old dentist died so I went to my wife's dentist.
> > He extracted 4 teeth. I sure hope he knows what he's doing.
> > The old school method is to sew up your gums where the teeth
> > were but my dentist just lets the gums flap in the wind.
> > I sure hope he knows what he's doing.
> For what it's worth, I've had 3 wisdom teeth and one very back molar
> extracted in my life. Never any stitches and the gums healed fine.

When I had my wisdom teeth removed in the early 70's, I did have stitches. I remember them poking my tongue. Times have changed, it seems. Good.