Do you still have your wisdom teeth?

ya i do have all my wisdom teeth intact.But all of them are impacted,a senior dentist told me after watching an orthopentamograph(o.p.g) of mine.He advised me that it was better to get them removed by means of a surgery,that can be performed under concious sedation.But i wonder wether i can agree for that?Simply because i don't have any problem with all my wisdom teeth locked deep in bone and causing no harm to me.Whats your view?

I haven't had my wisdom teeth since I was about 14 or 15 years old. They did hurt me too when they came in. the eventually got cavities in all of them and I had a filling put in them. The filling kept coming out and the tooth just got worse. I eventually had to have them all pulled out. I miss them sometimes when I am tryin to chew some foods, but most of the time, I never know they are gone. I think some people in the United States have kept their wisdom teeth for a very long time, but I lost mine when I was younger and they also came in when I was younger too.

I had to have them removed last year when I was 25. I was game to keep them forever, but alas, they had to come out. It didn't bother me when they took them out. I wanted to see them, but the nurse said that HIPAA does not allow them to do that. Of course, the next day I was sore, but that's what temporary Loritab is for, right? : )

i dont have one.,., how i wish i have.,.

To answer you question, lets het back in time. Man, during his evolution from apes was a nomad. He mainly used to feed on vegetarian diet which included raw, high fiber fruits, roots and stuff like that. Such a diet required immense chewing capability and as a functional adaptation, man had bigger jaws. Those are the times Wisdom teeth belong to. Now progressively, after thousands of years of evolution, man has designed his diet which is finer, softer and easy to chew. Charles Darwin's theory of 'Use and Disuse' coming into play, since that much of chewing is not needed now, our jaws have gradually become smaller and today most people have no space left to accomodate their wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth today are Rudimentary or Vestegial or simply useless and one can very well manage without them. When these teeth cause trouble/pain while comimg out due to lack of space, surgical removal of teeth is the only treatment and yes it is a standard treatment in other countries as well. The reason why they are called 'wisdom teeth' is simply because they erupt at an age (approx. 18-24 yrs) when one is supposed to get wiser and mature.

knew to brush my teeth for about 2 minutes but this is hard to do sometimes. Or I'm just too lazy. I know you should also brush your tongue but I can't do this. I want to gag and throw up when I put my tooth brush on my tongue.