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How Many Wisdom Teeth Do People Have? Why It’s Different for Everyone

November 24, 2025December 30, 2024 by Alex Thompson
A side view X-ray shows a lower wisdom teeth pushing against the back molar

Most adults expect to have four wisdom teeth, yet many never develop all of them. Some grow only a few, some none, and a rare group even forms extra molars. Genetics plays the biggest role in that variation, which explains why certain populations tend to have more or fewer wisdom teeth. Since they usually erupt … Read more

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