Posted by Lee Stofer on May 19, 2001 at 15:34:02:
In Reply to: Re: consequences of NOT removing wisdom teet posted by olituba on May 16, 2001 at 15:43:57:
anon,
I'm now 44, so my wisdom teeth started coming in about 30 years ago. Several dentists have suggested that I have them out, and I suspect that their main motivation was financial. At times I have played with more pressure than humans ever should, and those wisdom teeth have helped hold everything together until I was wise enough to do better. They require special care to keep decay away, but I think that maintenance is much better than oral surgery. If your wisdom teeth are in good condition, removing them would be like cutting the 4th valve off you horn, "just in case it goes bad"!
-Lee