Where I live (southeast Kentucky), most people will have a tooth pulled rather than filled. No only because it's less painful, but mainly because it's less expensive. I know very few people over 50 with all their teeth. I have all mine, but they have been repaired extensively (and expensively).
I had a school night bedtime of 10:30 all the way through high school. I often read in bed though, so I still didn't get enough sleep.
Lights out for my 11- and 12-year-olds is 9:30 on school nights. They hate it, but they need it. The 16-year-old can stay up until 11, but he's usually asleep before then. And he takes naps, too.
To the other Neatorama authors -if you have copies of what you posted Thursday, you can repost those now. The system has no trace of those posts.
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/05/tooth-grown-from-stem-cells/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/01/MN621BB41U.DTL
Lights out for my 11- and 12-year-olds is 9:30 on school nights. They hate it, but they need it. The 16-year-old can stay up until 11, but he's usually asleep before then. And he takes naps, too.