What are wisdom teeth? And why are they called this?

Answer 1

Wisdom teeth are third molars that usually appear between the ages of 16 and 24 (although they may appear when older or younger). They are commonly extracted when they affect other teeth—this impaction is colloquially known as "coming in sideways." Most people have four wisdom teeth, but it is possible to have more or fewer. Absence of one or more wisdom teeth is an example of hypodontia. Any extra teeth are referred to as supernumerary teeth.

They are generally thought to be called wisdom teeth because they appear so late—much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are wiser than as a child, when the other teeth erupt. The English wisdom tooth is derived from Latin dens sapientiae. The same root is shared by German Weisheitszahn, Dutch verstandskies, Belgian-Dutch wijsheidstand, Norwegian visdomstann, Danish and Swedish visdomstand, Finnish viisaudenhammas, French dent de sagesse, Portuguese dente do juízo, Spanish muela del juicio or muela cordal, Italian dente del giudizio, Romanian mǎsea de minte, Slovenian modrostni zob, Croatian and Serbian umnjaci, Hungarian bölcsességfog, Czech zuby moudrosti, Polish zęby mądrości, Russian зубы мудрости, Bulgarian мъдрец (meaning wise man), Estonian tarkusehammas, Hebrew שן בינה (shen beena) and Greek φρονιμίτες (fronheemeetes). There exists an interesting Dutch folk etymology that the Dutch word verstandskies is derived from "far-standing" (ver-staand) molar, and that mistranslations of the Dutch word (in which verstand translates to wisdom) are the root for corresponding words in other European languages.

Turkish refers directly to the age at which wisdom teeth appear and calls it 20 yaş dişi (20th year tooth). In Arabic, its name is Ders-al-a'qel (ضرس العقل), literally meaning "The tooth of the mind". In Korean, its name is Sa-rang-nee (사랑니, love teeth) referring to the young age and the pain of the first love. In Japanese, its name is Oyashirazu (親知らず), literally meaning "unknown to the parents," from the idea that they erupt after a child has moved away.

Answer 2

Wisdom teeth are third molars that usually appear between the ages of 16 and 24 (although they may appear when older or younger). They are commonly extracted when they affect other teeth—this impaction is colloquially known as "coming in sideways."

It is thought that those teeth are called "wisdom teeth" because they appear in the mouth very late, much later than the other teeth, at an age where people have more wisdom than when they were children, when all the other teeth erupt.

Answer 3

They Are Extra Molars That Some People Get Later In Life That The Others, And At A Guess, The Name Comes From Thinking That The More You Have, The Wiser You Are. Maybe Some Philosopher Have 10 Or Something.

Answer 4

They are extra teeth that grow at the rear set of Molar teeth. They usually grow in the early twenties but not every body gets them. When I was in my twenties I had just one grow and no more. I had an x-ray to confirm this after as I had to have that one wisdom tooth removed as it caused a problem. They say that people who grew wisdom teeth were wise and that not everybody had this. I think that is where the name originated from centuries ago.

Answer 5

They are extra molars the come in when you're in your 20's usually (sometimes earlier sometimes later) I think they are called wisdom teeth because you're supposed to be wise by that age. (I really don't know why they are called that I'm just guessing)

Answer 6

they are the teeth at the back of your mouth which grow when you are in your late teens early twenties. So called because when you are older you are supposed to be wiser, so wisdom teeth!!!

Answer 7

HI,
THESE ARE NOT EXTRA MOLARS BUT ARE THE THIRD MOLARS THAT WOULD NORMALLY ERUPT BETWEEN 17-24 YEARS OF AGE.
THEIR NAME, THE 'WISDOM' TEETH WAS COINED BECAUSE YOU WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE WISDOM ABOUT LIFE WHEN THEY CAME IN.
A JOKE IN DENTAL SCHOOL WAS, "IF YOU WERE WISE, YOU'D HAVE THEM REMOVED BEFORE THEY CAUSED PROBLEMS."

Answer 8

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