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I never got any wisdom teeth (my excuse for foolish mistakes). My dentist told me that the evolutionary trend is to not have wisdom teeth. They are a "dying" feature of human anatomy, according to him.
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Never had wisdom teeth. | |
5 (16%) |
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Had wisdom teeth | |
26 (84%) |
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dameatball
(7,546 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,713 posts)Had to have all four of mine pulled over the years.
Dale in Laurel MD
(728 posts)rsdsharp
(9,912 posts)Not fun at all!
Niagara
(9,036 posts)I had to have 2 bottom wisdom teeth removed due to having short roots and I could move them with my tongue.
My right top wisdom tooth had to be extracted due to a cavity. I didn't need it, so it wasn't missed.
My top left never came in.
mike_c
(36,304 posts)I'd lost three back molars by my mid-thirties though, giving my wisdom teeth some room to move.
yonder
(9,948 posts)The dentist only wanted to do one side at a time. He also didn't want to let me take them home. I had plans to make some weird art with them before deciding that was too creepy. They're still rattling around in the house here someplace, looking for a purpose. Any ideas?
Fla Dem
(25,330 posts)Wisdom teeth are the third set of molars that grow in on both sides of the mouth, top and bottom. They usually erupt when a person is between the ages of 17 to 21 when they are perhaps a little wiser than when the majority of their adult teeth previously arrived. Jun 4, 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279590/#:~:text=Wisdom%20teeth%20are%20usually%20only,and%20may%20cause%20side%20effects.
Some wisdom teeth may become impacted because there isn't enough room in the jaw to break through. I had mine removed, not because they were causing a problem, but I think at the time it was the general approach and my dentist advised I should have them remove BEFORE they caused a problem.
wnylib
(23,799 posts)It's not a case of them just not erupting. Some people - I'm one of them - never had any 3rd set of molars to erupt.
Among the indigenous people of Mexico, 100% of them do not get wisdom teeth. The lack of wisdom teeth is more common in Asia and among indigenous people of the Americas. It's due to the PAX9 gene.
https://www.trilliumdental.ca/facts-about-wisdom-teeth/#:~:text=This%20might%20become%20a%20point,African%20peoples%20develop%20wisdom%20teeth.
Fla Dem
(25,330 posts)MissB
(15,946 posts)One of my kids had them but the other only had 2. I blame Dh.
I also had four baby teeth that didnt come out because there were no adult teeth underneath. They loosened up substantially when I became pregnant with my oldest.
beaglelover
(3,915 posts)which will never come in, but they are there. They have casued many a sinus infection over the years. I have no idea why I was blessed with them but it is what it is.
ProfessorGAC
(68,936 posts)I was 25 or so. Was having recurring infections that was affecting my singing voice.
Three were impacted. One came out 1-2-3.
The other 3 took over 2 hours. Of course, I was out under the full anesthesia.
The actually had to unhook my jaw to get the bottom left out. Hurt like heck for 3 days.
By a week (stitches removed), it was nothing.
No real regrets because the throat problems went away.
Perhaps my only possible regret was waiting too long and letting my bottom front teeth get pushed around.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(9,773 posts)snot
(10,650 posts)& I'm old. Big mouth!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,607 posts)GenThePerservering
(2,345 posts)no room in my mouth for them. The dentist gave me novocaine and just yanked them but it was an ordeal because two had hooked roots. But he gave me a great deal on the bill because I paid up front all at once so I didn't complain too much.
They serve a purpose - my husband lost four of his back molars when he was young - no dental care and they were rotten and had to be pulled. His wisdom teeth came in and filled in the gap.
Rhiannon12866
(218,237 posts)So one finally came in back in November, but it got infected and was quite painful, so I had to have it extracted.