I have only 3 wisdom teeth and all of them are impacted. I am a relatively small person with an, unfortunately, equally proportioned jaw. My two lower ones have stopped at barely protruding through the gums, and the top one is sort of just chilling deep in my jaw (though probably still damaging the tooth next to it). I need them all removed, but I honestly refuse to do it without general anesthesia. No ones going to go cutting and drilling into my jaw to remove teeth while I'm conscious about it. 