{"id":571,"date":"2024-12-13T23:49:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T23:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dentist-tappan.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2025-01-03T23:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T23:51:05","slug":"wisdom-teeth-out-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentist-tappan.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/13\/wisdom-teeth-out-why\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Kind of Attached to My Wisdom Teeth; Do I Really Need to Have Them Extracted?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before humans figured out how to cook food, they subsisted largely on a diet of raw meat and fibrous plant matter. Our primitive ancestors needed their wisdom teeth to pulverize these tough foods into easily digestible pulps during the chewing process, but modern mouths are often too small to accommodate these third molars. Here\u2019s a brief overview of the problems your wisdom teeth may cause as well as a quick guide to the extraction process<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Problems Can Wisdom Teeth Cause?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The wisdom teeth, or third molars, typically begin to emerge in the late teens or early twenties, and they can cause a lot of distress and dental health issues in many cases. Emerging wisdom teeth can lead to problems like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n