Dental Health

Wisdom teeth are the third set of molars that are needed to grind food. Like other molars, they are a set of four teeth, only flatter, enabling an effective grinding action. Perhaps, being last to grow, is what led them to be called wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth were useful for our ancestors’ diet that consisted of harder food, whereas evolved eating equipment and habits need them much lesser. Some people might have less or more than four wisdom teeth. Typically, wisdom teeth can be seen in dental X-rays at the age of twelve, although they erupt around age seventeen to twenty for most people. A significant number of people have at least one impacted wisdom tooth, requiring a dental procedure. The most common way that a wisdom tooth is impacted at growth is by being trapped. This means that they are unable to develop into the proper position due to a conflict against the already developed bone or teeth in that area. This can cause pressure and lead to pain. The impacted wisdom tooth