>>17877618>it suddenly started in the last 20 yearsThey've been a problem for a long time and got more common as farming did, so eventually people started yanking them. It was done in the 1800s and was common by the mid-1900s (search for "impacted third molar" or their Latin name "dentes sapientiae"). Not everyone needs them removed since everyone's face is different and the number of wisdom teeth you get can vary since they're supernumerary. I still have mine, they're just pushed out a bit because there's not quite enough space for them and the right one has little bit of gum skin over the back. If you're not having issues with them then don't bother, but sometimes they can fuck up a person and they need them out.
tl;dr: Taking them out has been fairly common since the 1900s and whether you need them gone at all varies by person.
