Why do people say they have to get their wisdom tooth pulled?

[bjohnson52]

How can a tooth be labeled wise all it does is grow inside your mouth?

[ro901]

I'm sure you could google wisdom teeth and get the answer. I think it has to do with the age of growth for these teeth. I am only guessing here b/c I don't really have time to look this up. I think they are the last teeth to come in and sometimes they never do break thru and can become impacted and painful. Anyway, seems that they call them wisdom teeth b/c you have reached a certain age before they come out.

[lywb2168]

Mines are twisted (head to the side) if they start trying to come they do not have the space and will push all other ones out of the way.  My Girls did not have enough space on their mouth for it and they have to get them out after braces come off.  My husband's were out and the got black and were not doing anything good for his mouth so he had them pulled.  I guess it all depends on the person.

[msmoneybags48]

Here is an answer for it, and I know this from experience.  While they call them "wisdom teeth", they hurt about as bad as if you had gone through labor.  I went to the dentist and he told me to brush my teeth extra hard when it came down to those.  I did and it lessened the pain.  I got all 4 of my wisdom teeth.

[nmsmith]

BECAUSE THEY HURT!!!!! They are WAY in the back and hard to reach with a toothbrush they often don't get brushed properly and they begin to hurt badly!!!

[Liquidfire_43]

I have 4 wisdom teeth and I will have my extraction at mid August (not looking forward for that)... People and dentist suggest wisdom teeth removal due to the increase of future dental issue like crowding, gum disease, plaque, tooth decay, etc.... Wisdom teeth will start appearing the at your 16-25 age at the back-est of your mouth.... You will either have impacted wisdom teeth which is when your wisdom teeth erupts normally (like your other teeth) but provides crowding and it's harder to clean. While partially erupted wisdom teeth is when your wisdom teeth cannot erupt from your gums and grows sideway, this is probably the one that causes the most problems. Partially erupted wisdom teeth provides crowding discomfort and can easily trap foods (which can cause bad breath, gum disease, and tooth decay).

I have two impacted wisdom teeth at the top row of my teeth and two partially erupted wisdom teeth and the bottom row of my teeth... GG

[mas234]

My wisdom teeth hurts so bad but I am terrified to get it extracted because I heard some painfull stories about it. I just hope I can finally agree to get it removed before the end of the year.

[jmccaskill]

The pain(s) some may incur from having their wisdom teeth extracted pale in comparison to the troubles they will encounter if they don't have them removed if there is not sufficient room (most people) for them to grow in properly. As others state, they are difficult to keep clean even if one has the room for them.

Consult a good dentist, and if advised they should be removed, don't let the fear of a day or two of pain stop you... you have years of pain ahead if you keep them.

[linderlizzie]

Good question. I never really understood this either. 

I do know that I simply did not have room in my mouth for wisdom teeth. I barely have room for the teeth I have now.

My dentist did some x-rays on me in my early 20s, and said the wisdom teeth had to go.

One of my sons had to have his extracted and that was in his teenage years. He was the only one of my three that had to do it.

[jiuchan]

i called it my third molar.

i don't get how the term wisdom tooth came to be either, but i don't really care as long as i get it pulled to stop interfering with my other teeth as some of them grow the wrong way

[dmitchn1]

Oh I have the worst wisdom tooth! I think it's growing into my jaw it's hard to open my mouth too wide and yawn. The whole left side of my face is permanently swollen and it's incredible visible. It's gross and very painful I just don't have the money to be paying the dentist

[mill8277]

I guess because they are the last to come in, but the first to decay....I got mine when I was grown and had no clue what was going on...I went to the dentist, my jaw was swollen and very painful...Dr Brady told me what it was and he went on and removed it...

[diala84]

I once heard that Wisdom teeth were an advantage to have in human history because it was not uncommon to lose teeth before the age of dentistry. Now our mouths have become too small to hold all the teeth and that leads to crooked teeth. We often remove them because of overcrowding in the mouth and preventing pain and discomfort from having them. I had mine removed in 3 visits to the Dentist once they were coming out of the gum line because they didn't start coming in all at once).  As for calling them wise I just think it is because you get them when you are older rather than your other teeth.

[jkhanson]

I had to have 3 of mine surgically removed by an oral surgeon.....no room for them!

[potluck6]

if I gets impacted they should come out.you can go to sleep and get some good pain meds like vicodin.the next day is bad cause your face swells but after that should be ok.