Also, how rare are complete extra sets of wisdom teeth?
Answer Extra wisdom teeth are rare enough, but a set of four extra wisdom teeth are for the textbooks. I don’t have enough information to comment on the need or advisability of removing four wisdom teeth or eight wisdom teeth or the premolars for that matter. This is a decision that needs to be made by your son’s orthodontist who has done a complete examination and evaluation of the xrays. As to the idea of taking all the teeth now vs. some now and some later there are several thoughts that come to mind. If, in fact, it’s definite that all eight wisdom teeth need to be removed then having it all done at once makes a lot of sense. There is probably no difference in recovery time and discomfort between having four widom teeth removed and having eight wisdom teeth removed at the same time, so I would go along with your son’s idea of getting it all over with. The bigger question is whether or not the wisdom teeth need to be removed at the same time as the premolars. Removing four premolars
