What Rob (the author) went through is hard, and left him understandably butthurt about oral operations. Maybe he's one of the people who didn't need the operat

What Rob (the author) went through is hard, and left him understandably butthurt about oral operations. Maybe he's one of the people who didn't need the operation but had it done, and there were complications. If he posted his taken-then x-rays online today, maybe other dental professionals could weigh in on whether it was a good idea at the time? What this article doesn't emphasize enough is: 1) Like fingerprints, teeth are unique from person to person. 2) There are legitimate medical reasons to remove wisdom teeth, and those reasons vary from person to person. Like a cartoon, I have a small mouth with big teeth. Thus, like San Francisco, I've had "space scarcity" for the better part of 2 decades. My dental journey took over a decade of planning and execution, as well as 10s of thousands of dollars so I'd have some kind of decent smile as an adult. (thanks Mom and Dad!) Had I "passed" on this work, I wouldn't have anything close to resembling a smile today - a high price to pay. Maybe Rob's family should have consulted second more dentists/oral surgeons. Maybe they didn't have the resources. Technology will likely help us make better decisions about these procedures in the future so "unnecessary" treatment spending goes down.