Is everyone born with wisdom teeth?

Question

My boyfriend says he never had wisdom teeth. Never had them removed. I thought that they are the 3rd set of molars that come in somewhere in your teens or later. But most get impacted and have to be removed. But that we all have them. Can someone clarify it for me

Answer 1

IT depends, some will grow a wisdom teeth, some won't in his or her lifetime. You can also grow a wisdom teeth when you are 60.

Answer 2

Wisdom teeth are different from most molars. They sort of do their own thing and sometimes that includes not developing at all. Everyone is different when it comes to wisdom teeth . It is not uncommon to see someone never develop them or develop only a few or just one. Wisdom teeth can stay in the mouth 1.if there is room 2. if there is room and the person can keep them clean. 3 if there is room, they can keep them clean and they do not decay the tooth ahead of it. Sometimes wisdom teeth will rotate a certain way so they lay against the 2nd molar and decay it out. Interestingly enough, some people can develop 4th molars called distomolars. These come in behind the wisdom teeth. You don't see it a lot, but it can happen

Answer 3

Some people don't have wisdom teeth at all. In others the wisdom teeth are there under the gums, but don't ever come in. And then there are the unlucky ones like me, that had to have all 4 cut out at the same time. That was awful.

Answer 4

You are kind of right. They are a fifth set of molars, and you get them later, like a teen or older. But some people do not ever get them. I have a friend that never got hers. And people get them removed for all sorts of reasons. The main reason is actually because they are the hardest to reach and therefore, the hardest to brush. So they get all sorts of problems due to that. But yeah, a lot of people's become impacted.

Answer 5

No not everyone gets the typical number of teeth shown on a dentistry chart. Many of the people in my family did not get all their baby teeth or all the adult teeth people come to expect. I, myself, didn't get adult canines and though the top wisdom teeth are impacted the bottoms ones were never there. It's quite common.

Answer 6

More than 30% of the worlds population are born without wisdom teeth

Answer 7

It isn't rare. My entire family, including myself, don't have wisdom teeth either. It's just in your genetics. We, as a human race, used to need wisdom teeth because it was commonplace to lose your teeth on a regular basis. I don't think toothbrushes and floss were invented back in the cavemen's time. Back then, you needed an extra set of molars to get through the rest of your life. Today, it isn't necessary. Unless you aren't brushing...

Answer 8

Some people are lucky enough to not have them at all, some just 1, 2, or 3. Me I only had three. The dentist told me that as humans have evolved from cave man days the need for those extra teeth for grinding food has become unnecessary, so we have evolved them out of our genes.

Answer 9

I beleive everyone is born with wisdom teeth - but some peoples wisdom teeth don't actually break through until later in life - and actually some people just have impacted ones.

Answer 10

I was born with wisdom teeth, but only on my bottom jaw. They both came through my gums, but they don't bother me. It's been said that if they don't bother you, don't worry about having them removed. To this day, I haven't had them removed - they're still in my jaw, but again, they don't bother me - one came all the way through the jaw and the other came in sideways - still partly under the gum. Only a small portion came through the jaw, but no point in getting them removed unless they give me trouble.