What bits are you missing?

Shawnee123 · 03-07-2009, 05:31 PM

I've heard that sometimes people don't have wisdom teeth. In my case they never surfaced but were threatening my other teeth. I went completely under for removal, having been given a choice. I did not need to go though what I went through with my teeth as a kid and young adult. It was constant, it seemed. Orthodotic appts were just another thing to do during the week, as they tried to fix me.

Kitsune · 03-07-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I've heard that sometimes people don't have wisdom teeth.

Depends on your genetic background.

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Different human populations differ greatly in the percentage of the population which form wisdom teeth, ranging from 0.2% in Bantu speakers to nearly 100% in Mexican Indians.

Sadly, I had all four of the damn things and they all had to come out. I wasn't put fully under for the procedure -- doc said I was awake and aware the entire time. Along with the nitrous, they administered a drug that blurred my mind enough that none of the memories of the incident remained. ...which is a very good thing, being that the procedure involved a hammer and chisel.

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03-07-2009, 05:31 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I've heard that sometimes people don't have wisdom teeth. In my case they never surfaced but were threatening my other teeth. I went completely under for removal, having been given a choice. I did not need to go though what I went through with my teeth as a kid and young adult. It was constant, it seemed. Orthodotic appts were just another thing to do during the week, as they tried to fix me. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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