Do your wisdom teeth really come in half way through your lifespan?!


Question: Do your wisdom teeth really come in half way through your lifespan.?
Im 17 and my wisdom teeth are just now coming in, and through my whole life i have heard that that come in half way through your lifespan. to me it doesn't seem very plausible, but of course i have been wrong before, and besides, weirder things have turned out to be true. if any body has any facts to back up what i already thing isnt true id greatly appreciate it.Health Question & Answer


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I believe that is an old wives' tale.

I was 17 when my wisdom teeth came in, by the old wives' tale calculation, I should have died 8 years ago.

I would guess that this tale was created back during a time when 40 would have been considered old age.Health Question & Answer

No!

They start forming around the age of 10 and come up in your late teens/early 20s. They have absolutely no relation at all to your lifespan. This period of life has sometimes been called "the age of wisdom", or the general period when you are thought to become "wiser". Hence the name.Health Question & Answer

I've never heard of this before. When you get your wisdom teeth has no bearing on how old you're going to live.

The majority of people get their wisdom teeth in young adult hood. Some people never get them.

I'm 24 and haven't got them. They show absolutely no sign of coming through. My mother is nearing 60 years old and she never got hers either.Health Question & Answer

no every one is diffrent some people never get them some people get them as young as 14 some people start getting them when there older im 23 now i have mine half way through at the min its bin coming thro since i was 20 it takes years to come throughHealth Question & Answer

my daughters never came in and she is almost 30 and mine came in at about 17 as yours did and i am waaaaaaaay past that being half my life.. so dont worry about it ..its just one of those "old wives tales"Health Question & Answer

THE REAL TRUTH IS THAT THESE COME IN BETWEEN 17-24 YEARS OF AGE. IF 17 WAS HALF OF YOUR LIFE, THEN YOUR LIFESPAN WOULD END AT 34 OR SO.
THAT'S JUST NOT SO. PEOPLE LIVE MUCH LONGERHealth Question & Answer

no thats not true at all. people usually get them in around age 20. we all dont die at 40 years no. absolutely not true!!Health Question & Answer

they just come in late not half your life spanHealth Question & Answer

no they dont it comes when you are ready mine are strating to come throuh and i am 14

my teeth are really earlyHealth Question & Answer

it's an old wives tale. i'm 55 and mine haven't come in yet.
my brother tells me i won't get wise until them come in.Health Question & Answer

yikes. i dont have much time left. mine came in at 17 tooHealth Question & Answer

no...they come in when ur 17...thers nothing strange about thatHealth Question & Answer



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