The last tooth grew

There is a tooth growing at the very back, which is called a wisdom tooth. Generally, after adulthood, the third molar may grow in the part of the mouth closest to the throat. If all of them grow out, there will be a total of four, two each in the upper and lower jaws. If it does not cause adverse effects on the body, you don't need to worry about it at this time. However, sometimes the appearance of wisdom teeth will often affect the health of other teeth and make them difficult to clean. At this time, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

Abnormalities and suggestions

Modern medicine generally believes that wisdom teeth are remnants of human evolution. Since wisdom teeth grow at the end of the alveolar bone, the alveolar bone of modern humans has degenerated to varying degrees in length, width, and strength due to the increasingly refined diet, resulting in it being unable to provide sufficient space for the eruption of wisdom teeth. As a result, wisdom teeth often erupt ectopically or are impacted due to insufficient space.

In addition, the degeneration of wisdom teeth themselves can also lead to insufficient number of eruptions, asymmetric eruption, etc. These eruption abnormalities, coupled with the difficulty in cleaning and prevention, usually manifest clinically as pericoronitis of wisdom teeth, caries of wisdom teeth or adjacent teeth, periodontitis, pulpitis and other diseases, causing severe pain. Therefore, it is recommended to preventively extract abnormal or asymmetrically erupted wisdom teeth as early as possible.

What is the function of wisdom teeth?

Wisdom teeth are difficult to clean and easily become inflamed. Many people think that wisdom teeth are worthless and are truly useless. However, this is not the case.

For example, when a row of trees faces strong winds, only by fixing the two sides can the overall resistance to attack be increased. It can be seen that wisdom teeth can help stabilize teeth and prevent them from loosening prematurely. Of course, this situation occurs under the premise that the wisdom teeth are neat and tidy. If there are problems with the wisdom teeth themselves, it is better to remove them in advance.

Is it necessary to extract wisdom teeth?

Wisdom teeth are not necessary for normal growth, and they do not play a big role in the rejection ability provided by teeth. However, if wisdom teeth grow normally, there are no bite problems, and they do not hurt from time to time, then there is no need to worry about this situation, because it does not cause a certain impact on daily life, and it does not need to be removed in this case.