It's fascinating to learn about the evolution of wisdom teeth. Our growing brains caused changes in the shape and size of our skulls, leading to a crowded mouth and the emergence of problematic wisdom teeth. It's interesting how different genetic factors affect teeth and brain development separately.
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An interesting inditement of dentist malpractice!

Thanks. I enjoyed the knowledge

I lost my real upper left back molar as a child....my wisdom tooth came in & is still there doing a fine job. (The others were extracted).
Plus I can tell a lot about a new dentist if they do a double-take upon examining my mouth.

My dentist told me I was genetically superior because I only had 3.

I had all four extracted at the same time. Before I went under, I asked and the dentist said it would take a bit less than an hour. When I woke up, I saw that almost three hours had passed. The dentist seemed peeved that he had a harder job to get it done... Pass the opioids...

I find the name “wisdom” teeth somewhat ironic as the age when they normally erupt is in the late teens to early 20s. Looking back at my earlier version of me at that age, I was never smarter (so I thought) but wise? Ha! If they really were wisdom teeth they would erupt at about the time we need dentures!

I've only had one grow in, and removed.

I never had mine grow in....

I never developed one of the four....neither did my kids. All the same one. Upper Right.

I wonder how this relates to our relation to Neanderthals.

It could be our brains are shrinking now. Hold onto those teeth!