Consider it a wise move. More than 5 million young Americans will have their wisdom teeth removed this year. The preventive surgery is common for a reason. Modern mouths are smaller than those of our ...

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Long before he created HBO’s Bored to Death, writer Jonathan Ames dabbled in a bit of self-dentistry. He explains how, with a small drugstore-bought tool and no health insurance, he managed to keep ...