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I'm guessing this is to do with https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc

I'm guessing this is to do with https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-tro... I had my wisdom teeth pulled just last year and my age starts with a 3. My longstanding approach was "leave them alone until you have to care", which worked well. Pulling teeth that aren't infected or impacted or otherwise causing pain or discomfort seems fairly useless to me.

nabla9 8y ago
This seems to be the standard way to do it (at least in Finland). My dentist asks if there is pain, looks if they have surfaced and takes X-ray on some years to verify. One of my wisdom teeth was pulled because X-Ray showed inflammation. Rest of them are still there.