For the majority of adults whose wisdom teeth start coming in, the Center for Dental Anesthesia in Alexandria recommends extraction. Wisdom teeth often grow in crooked. This can damage adjacent teeth and nerves. Their position, way at the back of the mouth, make them difficult to brush, increasing the risk of decay and gum disease.…
Wisdom teeth
What Are Impacted Wisdom Teeth?
Evolution isn’t always tidy and linear. For example, we have smaller jaws than our ancestors thousands of years ago, but our bodies haven’t adapted by generating fewer teeth. Most of us have the same number of teeth as early humans. Our extra teeth are wisdom teeth, and they can cause problems. We can treat them…