wisdom teeth

  1. Wisdom Teeth: What Are They For and Why Bother Trying to Keep Them?

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    Wisdom tooth is also referred to as a third molar and is one of three molars that are in each quadrant of the mouth. If you were to divide your mouth into four quadrants, upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right, you would have three molars in each quadrant. The third molar is that wisdom tooth. Most wisdom teeth don’t begin to appear until a person reaches at least 17 years of age a…Read More

  2. Impacted Wisdom Teeth: Diagnosing and Dealing with this Issue

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    Everybody is born with all of the teeth they will ever have in life. When babies begin to have their teeth coming through, those are their “baby teeth.” When they get a little older, around the age of seven, eight, or nine, they begin to lose those baby teeth as their full grown adult teeth come in. Wisdom teeth are generally the last set of molars that will cut through the gums. They are the …Read More