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The last teeth to erupt in the mouth are the third molars, better known as Wisdom Teeth. These make their appearance between the ages of sixteen and thirty – occasionally later. Often, they cause problems which are best handled by the removal of these non-functioning relics of our ancestral years. To understand this, one has to take an evolutionary vies. Wisdom teeth are leftovers from a previous period of the species when jaws were larger. Consequently, by the time the third molars are ready to erupt in the mouth of modern man, there is often no room for them. Frequently, there is no option but for them to burrow beneath the roots of the other molars, wreaking havoc in their attempts to break out. Do not worry if one or more of the wisdom teeth ail to put in an appearance. Quite a few people get only three of them, and some get fewer or none. An unlucky few people get several extra! Perhaps in a thousand years, they’ll be history. |
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