Always wanted? Jesus, are you some kind of masochist? I had to get quite a few permanent ones pulled when I got them, too... But that wasn't nearly as miserable as the actual having of the braces. I sure am encouraging.

I only ever got one wisdom tooth pulled. It came in at a weird angle and scratched the hell out of the inside of my cheek. I stubbornly left it for a week thinking I could tough it out until I developed a mouth callous. Then all my food tasted annoyingly like blood. All they gave me was some Valium and it did nothing for me, but it actually still felt better than the mouth sore. Ibuprofin and a day off work and things were more or less back to normal!

So let's multiply that by eight and...