Benefits of Keeping Wisdom Teeth
Medical-dental wisdom teeth removal is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the world, with an estimated extraction rate approaching 100 percent.
However, not all people are destined to develop wisdom teeth problems, some are born without third molars, some have healthy impacted wisdom teeth that are never a problem. Some think that if they have a ‘normal’ set of wisdom teeth they do not need to be concerned about the health of these teeth.
In fact, it has been estimated that as many as 20 percent of people never develop problems with their third molars (wisdom teeth). Only 30 percent will require treatment at some point in their lives. For the remaining 50 percent, their wisdom teeth never need to be treated or even examined.
Naturally, this means that for about 70 percent of the population, there is no reason ever to have their wisdom teeth removed. This includes people who are missing one or more wisdom teeth, those with healthy impacted (not touching any other tooth) wisdom teeth, and those who simply do not want the procedure done.
These percentages vary slightly depending on whether there was no wisdom tooth present at all (about 97 percent of these people will never need to have their wisdom teeth removed).
So, overall there is a 30–50 percent chance that wisdom teeth will cause you problems during your lifetime and only 1-2 percent that they’ll ever cause serious trouble.
In the vast majority of cases, the removal of wisdom teeth is being done for convenience rather than necessity. The following numbers support these findings:
Only about one-third of impacted wisdom teeth ever cause a problem requiring treatment usually pain and swelling as a result of decay.
Less than 1 percent of impacted wisdom teeth cause problems that cannot be treated with other conservative measures, such as pain medication or antibiotics.
There are approximately 600,000 wisdom teeth extractions performed each year in the US at a cost of about $3.5 billion.
For every 1 million wisdom teeth removed, only 2 people die (from causes directly related to the surgery).
Remember, most dental and medical problems can be treated conservatively (naturally) with diet and lifestyle changes. It has been estimated that 95 percent of all illnesses and diseases could be prevented if people took responsibility for their own health through proper nutrition, supplementation, detoxification, exercise, stress management techniques, etc.
The potential benefits of leaving wisdom teeth in place (impacted or not) include:
Preservation of normal facial development.
Normal jaw biomechanics.
Normal TMJ function.
Prevention of brain decay, infections, and nerve damage that can be caused by poorly positioned wisdom teeth.
Preservation of the periodontal membrane around the tooth root—a membrane that has been shown to contain cells with tumor-suppressing properties.
Disadvantages of wisdom teeth:
medical-dental wisdom teeth removal is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the world, with an estimated extraction rate approaching 100 percent. However, not all people are destined to develop wisdom teeth problems, some are born without third molars, some have healthy impacted wisdom teeth that are never a problem.
Some think that if they have a ‘normal’ set of wisdom teeth they do not need to be concerned about the health of these teeth. In fact, it has been estimated that as many as 20 percent of people never develop problems with their third molars (wisdom teeth). Only 30 percent will require treatment at some point in their lives. For the remaining 50 percent, their wisdom teeth never need to be treated or even examined.
Naturally, this means that for about 70 percent of the population, there is no reason ever to have their wisdom teeth removed. This includes people who are missing one or more wisdom teeth, those with healthy impacted (not touching any other tooth) wisdom teeth, and those who simply do not want the procedure done.
The following numbers support these Findings:
Only about one-third of impacted wisdom teeth ever cause a problem requiring treatment usually pain and swelling as a result of decay.
Less than 1 percent of impacted wisdom teeth cause problems that cannot be treated with other conservative measures, such as pain medication or antibiotics.
There are approximately 600,000 wisdom teeth extractions performed each year in the US at a cost of about $3.5 billion.
For every 1 million wisdom teeth removed, only 2 people die (from causes directly related to the surgery).
Remember, most dental and medical problems can be treated conservatively (naturally) with diet and lifestyle changes. It has been estimated that 95 percent of all illnesses and diseases could be prevented if people took responsibility for their own health through proper nutrition, supplementation, detoxification, exercise, stress management techniques, etc.
Benefits of keeping wisdom teeth Reddit:
1. Preservation of normal facial development.
2. Normal jaw biomechanics.
3. Normal TMJ function.
4. Prevention of brain decay, infections, and nerve damage that can be caused by poorly positioned wisdom teeth.
5. Preservation of the periodontal membrane around the tooth root a membrane that has been shown to contain cells with tumor-suppressing properties.
Disadvantages of wisdom teeth:
medical-dental wisdom teeth removal is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the world, with an estimated extraction rate approaching 100 percent. However, not all people are destined to develop wisdom teeth problems, some are born without third molars, some have healthy impacted wisdom teeth that are never a problem.
Some think that if they have a ‘normal’ set of wisdom teeth they do not need to be concerned about the health of these teeth. In fact, it has been estimated that as many as 20 percent of people never develop problems with their third molars (wisdom teeth). Only 30 percent will require treatment at some point in their lives. For the remaining 50 percent, their wisdom teeth never need to be treated or even examined.