TRUE THAT! I had my wisdom teeth out a decade ago and remember very little about it, no biggie. I had a tooth abscess on me last July... I will never forget that experience. Horrible pain, 106 degree temps and a trip to the emergency room where I had to say "Look the tooth is infected, it has spread to the jaw and if you don't do something it will go to my mandibular nerve straight up cranial nerve IV and into my brain, give me powerful drugs." that finally got me to see a doctor.