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Why Do You Need To Remove Wisdom Teeth?

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Wisdom teeth are the extra set of teeth that sometimes you get when you reach your teenage years or early adulthood. You might have heard wisdom teeth removal stories of people having to go get them removed, coming out of surgery and looking like a chipmunk or even having seen videos of people who are funny to watch because they’re still affected by the anaesthesia. While some people aren’t even born with wisdom teeth, a majority of people tend to get their wisdom teeth removed. But why is that so? Let’s have a look. Painful One of the most common reasons why you need to remove your wisdom teeth is because you start to experience pain. Typically, the wisdom teeth start to erupt or break through the back of the gums behind all your molars. This can sometimes hurt and in many cases… these wisdom teeth can become impacted, causing immense pain. An impacted tooth means that the tooth is not able to break through the gum or is blocked somehow. The most common reason for thi