toblix Posted February 24, 2008 Wisdom teeth are shit I wish! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted February 24, 2008 eeew. Yeah, I had the holes as well. They only lasted for about 2 weeks for me, then the jaw did whatever it does to make them go away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted February 24, 2008 Wisdom teeth are shit I wish! What, Toblix?I wish wisdom teeth were shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted February 24, 2008 Presumably so they're squishy and thus can be squeezed out with little more pain than a shitty, disgusting, vomit-inducing taste. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salka Posted February 25, 2008 Ooooh okay. I thought he was wishing he could join the pain club. Which he already has. So I was confused Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 26, 2008 Why do we have them anyway? Do people over the age of twenty chew more?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noyb Posted February 26, 2008 We still have them precisely because they become annoying only later in life. If they were a problem in the early teens, evolution would have selected against wisdom teeth early on as hindering reproduction. But since they happen after people are able to reproduce, and modern medicine is able to easily take care of them, there's no selective pressure to get rid of those genes. Or at least that's what I'd guess from an evolutionary standpoint. Wiki says they were useful when tooth loss was common, but remained in the gene code long after selective pressures shrank human jaws. I had mine removed a little while ago with no ill effects, and spent about a day recovering while playing video games. Worse though was when my orthodontist decided to anchor my braces to a baby molar, which became impacted, trying to root itself in the gums while the adult molar was coming out. Not fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted February 27, 2008 We still have them precisely because they become annoying only later in life. If they were a problem in the early teens, evolution would have selected against wisdom teeth early on as hindering reproduction. But since they happen after people are able to reproduce, and modern medicine is able to easily take care of them, there's no selective pressure to get rid of those genes. Or at least that's what I'd guess from an evolutionary standpoint. It's particularly bad for people with Anglo-Saxon genes, because their jaws are proportionally even smaller compared to their teeth (or so an orthodontist once told me). This is why British people have a reputation for bad teeth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
