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I would hazard a guess that you and GP live in different countries. In Europe it is generally rare to remove wisdom teeth after the mid 20s, as if they haven't
by agurk 3y ago
I would hazard a guess that you and GP live in different countries. In Europe it is generally rare to remove wisdom teeth after the mid 20s, as if they haven't caused acute problems while erupting then they probably won't.
In the US it is a routine procedure to remove wisdom teeth that would be considered healthy and non-problematic elsewhere, even in older adults.
Source: my mother is dentist, and I've known multiple people move to the US and suddenly as a middle aged adult need their wisdom teeth removed.
- proto_lambda 3y agoThat's an interesting parallel to circumcision, which is also an unnecessary routine procedure in the US, but generally only done for acute medial reasons in Europe (ignoring Muslims who do it for religious reasons presumably in both).
- unsupp0rted 3y agoDentists have been telling me to remove my wisdom teeth for about 15 ~ 20 years so far and I keep not seeing a reason to
- User23 3y agoThe best reason is that Beechcraft Bonanza your dentist wants isn’t going to pay for itself. For some reason Americans are more enthusiastic about unnecessary medical interventions. The pediatric ear tube surgery is another example.
- verall 3y agoIf you're going to a normal dentist in USA then they don't even do wisdom teeth, that's done by an oral surgeon.