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Do all young adults need to have their wisdom teeth extracted?

April 26, 2017adults teeth wisdom young

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Do all young adults need to have their wisdom teeth extracted?

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No, it is not fundamentally necessary for young adults to have their wisdom teeth, also known as third molars, removed. However, it is very rare for people to have enough room for these teeth to come in or to be able to access them for proper hygiene. Many times they don’t even erupt all the way becoming impacted. Impacted teeth carry their own set of problems as well. More times than not they seem to be oddly shaped, rotated, tilted, or have an unhealthy gum to tooth relationship. The real question might be why do we have them if they cause nothing but trouble!