What wisdom teeth there for.. ok if i extract mine?!
Question: What wisdom teeth there for.. ok if i extract mine.?
my dentist recommended i extract mine coz they were 'growing into the cheeks', and getting decayed.
I have only two upper wisdom teethHealth Question & Answer
I have only two upper wisdom teethHealth Question & Answer
Answers:
Getting your wisdom teeth out is a routine procedure and you will be sore for a little while, but fine.
Back when humans were mostly hunters/gatherers, they needed more and larger teeth to eat . They had a rough diet of mostly uncooked foods or foods high in fiber and so they needed larger jaws and more molars for grinding.
As thousands of years passed and humans became more agricultural, we developed tools to help us chop, cut and process our food so we didn't need our teeth to do so much work. Over time our jaws became smaller.
Fast forward to now....you have more and more people from all over the globe intermarrying ...genes getting more and more interspersed....more people with smaller jaws producing children who have too many teeth and smaller jaws. More and more people are not using their back teeth to chew as much as they used to, (our food as a society has become softer and more processed) and perhaps one day we will see humans with no wisdom teeth.
Even today...compared to when I first started in dental almost 30 years ago...I am seeing more people with only 2 wisdom teeth or none at all on X-rays. Who knows.? Maybe evolution at work.Health Question & Answer
Back when humans were mostly hunters/gatherers, they needed more and larger teeth to eat . They had a rough diet of mostly uncooked foods or foods high in fiber and so they needed larger jaws and more molars for grinding.
As thousands of years passed and humans became more agricultural, we developed tools to help us chop, cut and process our food so we didn't need our teeth to do so much work. Over time our jaws became smaller.
Fast forward to now....you have more and more people from all over the globe intermarrying ...genes getting more and more interspersed....more people with smaller jaws producing children who have too many teeth and smaller jaws. More and more people are not using their back teeth to chew as much as they used to, (our food as a society has become softer and more processed) and perhaps one day we will see humans with no wisdom teeth.
Even today...compared to when I first started in dental almost 30 years ago...I am seeing more people with only 2 wisdom teeth or none at all on X-rays. Who knows.? Maybe evolution at work.Health Question & Answer
Actually, if I'm not mistaken ALL of us have to extract our wisdom teeth when we get older. Apparently, it hurts more than extracting a normal tooth since it's all the way at the back, but you're supposed to. Don't worry; just because they're called "wisdom teeth", doesn't mean that if you extract them you'll become stupid.Health Question & Answer
i had all 4 of mine extracted as it would have crowded my mouth. They serve no purpose. Some people don't have any problems while others have soo much grief!! I recommend going under general anesthetic (to sleep) to have them removed.. don't do it in the chair because they are literally chiselling them away...Health Question & Answer
yes you should get them extracted, because they already have decay in them plus they're growin in your cheeks, which can cause more pain later on, and can also push your teeth together making them crooked.. Everyone usually get there wisdom teeth out anyways, we dont need them. Health Question & Answer
You don't need them most people get them out.
i have to get mine out b/c they are pushing all my teeth and it can put them out of place.Health Question & Answer
i have to get mine out b/c they are pushing all my teeth and it can put them out of place.Health Question & Answer
its ok to take them out, we don't really need them- they are one of the things we got from our ancestors that we don't really need any more.
I had all of my 4 out years ago.Health Question & Answer
I had all of my 4 out years ago.Health Question & Answer
a lot of people have to get all 4 removed, you should get them out if your dentist has recommended it. its a lot more common than you would thinkHealth Question & Answer
You don't need them, and many people have them removed because they often are the source of problems.Health Question & Answer
I have a very small jaw and mine never erupted.
Never missed them.Health Question & Answer
Never missed them.Health Question & Answer
if they are growing into the cheeks that's not good is it.?Health Question & Answer