I am only going to have two, and my brother is not going to have any (as opposed to all four). Is this unusual? Is there anyone else who is not getting them?
2006-08-31 15:35:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I'm a dentist.
Yes, this is fairly unusual, but nonetheless, we see it with some frequency.
Wisdom teeth, if memory serves, are the most likely teeth to be missing--as few as one missing to as may as all four missing.
Consider yourself lucky. That's two fewer that you will have to have extracted.
2006-08-31 20:48:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all...thank evolution!! As we progress from a savage raw meat eating society to a more healthy, high vegetable, diet we longer need the third set of molars to chew with. The human skull has changed over the eons as well...our jaws are progressively getting smaller. Wisdom teeth do not have room to grow any longer so the body no longer needs them. We have quite a few patients that do not have wisdom teeth at all!!
2006-09-01 00:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a "little unusual," but by no means rare. Many people are missing one or more wisdom teeth. We call these people "Lucky."
2006-08-31 23:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋