I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was in my twenties because I thought they were causing me bad headaches. The headaches went away afterward, and other than

I had my wisdom teeth removed when I was in my twenties because I thought they were causing me bad headaches. The headaches went away afterward, and other than the pain and discomfort of the healing process, haven’t had any issues from their removal. My wife similarly had hers removed around the same age with no issues. Now our current dentist has recommended our daughter have hers removed. Her teeth were a mess as a kid and she had braces and still has two teeth that in each other’s position (bad luck, neither my wife nor I needed braces, nor our son). I’ve seen her x-rays and there does not appear for there to be any room for the wisdom teeth to emerge. But, my dad has lived with impacted wisdom teeth without issue and I’m sure plenty of people do. The UK recommended “The practice of prophylactic removal of pathology-free impacted third molars should be discontinued in the NHS” in 2000: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta1 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta1 NICE had planned to revisit this guidance but that’s been delayed for over two years now: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-tag525 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-tag525