Do Wisdom teeth make you smarter?

Published on September 22, 2004 By Janders In Health & Medicine

My wisdom teeth are ripping through my gums at this moment and causing me extreme amounts of pain. My wisdom teeth are finally coming in at the age of 22, and I need to get them out asap.

Why do we even have wisdom teeth if most people just get them yanked out anyway?

Maybe it is providing me the wisdom that when my future children are teething, not to get upset or annoyed when they scream, fuss and throw a fit. Getting teeth in hurts like nobodies business....

Owwwwww.........

Comments

Phoenixboi

on Sep 23, 2004

Oh the Pain!! I feel for you Janders! Mine are compacted and flare up ever now and then.. they are a scourge on humanity.

Angloesque

on Sep 23, 2004

Well, Janders, this is a simple issue (she begins sarcastically). It's all just a conspiracy put together by dentists and orthodontists and oral surgeons to make you miserable (I'm sure they inject something back there that has a 15-year-dormant period, then it starts to hurt like hell so they say, "Oh, well, we'll fix that right up for ya! And it'll be $500 billion dollars. Cash or credit?"). The answer to all of life's questions is a conspiracy.

-A.

trina_p

on Sep 23, 2004

You are in the wars this week Joey my darling first your bug and now your teeth - oh honey

Elana can sympathise (so can Nick actually)

historyishere

on Sep 23, 2004

Depending on your world view, from a long-term point of view, you have wisdom teeth because somewhere down the line, your ancestor needed them.

They are called Wisdom Teeth because of the age you get them at... usually long after your other permanent teeth have grown in.

Phoenixboi

on Sep 28, 2004

Hows ure teeth Janders??

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