I’ve had two wisdom teeth removed as a teenager since they were growing horizontally. The two others were left there because they were pretty far in, removing them was riskier and they weren’t causing any trouble. Gum was tender lately and this morning I realized this is because a wisdom tooth just erupted.
Moral of the story: there’s no age for coming out.
Last year I got all five of my wisdom teeth out.
You won the tooth fairy lottery!
Im nearing my thirties and still got em all… But i also havent been to the dentist in ages because i had no issues. Maybe a good idea to get em checked lol
Some people have room for them, so if they didn’t crowd your other teeth they are probably fine and won’t need removed.
You should still go to the dentist to get the long term buildup off and check for issues.
Do you mean erupt as in emerge from the gums, or erupt as in explode/shattered? Because one is probably not great…
Oh no just nicely erupting as in “Hellooo I’m out of the gums now! chomp~chomp ^___^”. Dunno what’s the best verb for it I’m not a native speaker.
Non-violently I’d probably go for emerge (like a butterfly from a cocoon), as erupt sound kinda destructive (like a volcano). But I’m no expert, nor native speaker, so I just go by vibes.
I had my wisdom teeth emerge and withdraw back and forth for years - they seem to have settled now, but dont be surprised if yours gets a little shy from all this new attention and goes back into hiding for a bit.
erupt is technically the right term. it’s used in medical contexts. i agree that it sounds weird, but that is by far not the strangest phrasing in English, lol. (native speaker)
Cool, TIL. Is that used specifically for teeth or for any medical stuff…appearing (like, from under the skin)?
Any medical stuff where it’s appropriate, as well as a lot of biology stuff for similar reasons.
yep! rashes, boils… larvae… eww.
my tooth is erect
I had my wisdom teeth emerge and withdraw back and forth for years - they seem to have settled now, but dont be surprised if yours gets a little shy from all this new attention and goes back into hiding for a bit.
wtf
Are you going in for surgery to get it removed now?
Not if it presents no issues.
Unless you are actually using it to chew, it will eventually rot. Should get it out meow.
Source: am cat, had wisdom tooth
OK no offense but I don’t trust cats, especially for dental advice. Love y’all so much though.
I had a wisdom tooth I didn’t use for a long time. Nothing bad happened with it, I just had it out eventually as it was sort of annoying. As long as you keep it clean, there’s no reason it should just rot.
I brushed and flossed mine twice a day and it just rotted away regardless. Funky!
Weird. Did your dentist say it rotted because you didn’t use it?
I think so, it was a long time ago but that’s what I remember the reason was, like chewing stuff cleans off plaque and when it’s not being used to chew it just builds up.
Probably I’m just misremembering though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I had a dentist tell me once that the way we take care of our teeth doesn’t matter that much, because genetics has a much stronger influence on what happens to them over time.
I would think that brushing your teeth and having them cleaned by a dentist regularly would prevent plaque build-up, but maybe you were genetically predisposed or something.
It sounds unpleasant. I’m sorry. 😬
