>>15608679Probably 10 years ago it was my last year wearing braces. My Orthodontist was a very, very old man. had his own business was a good guy. we would often talk about life or other random things, i was a senior in high school at the time. I was told by all my dentists and people around me, 'You need to get your wisdom teeth taken out everyone does, it will mess up your perfect teeth after you get your braces taken off'. I asked my othodonist about this, he took a deep breath and said sit back in the chair. He touched my cheeks and jaw and told me, 'your teeth dont just move', you have some of the strongest muscles in your body in your jaw, from talking, chewing, etc.. your teeth can move, the only thing that stops your teeth from shifting is wearing your retainer at night. He said there is a HUGE push to get your wisdom teeth removed because it generates a ton of money. The amount of medical disinformation also confuses people that mean well into regurgitating the propaganda of 'every one needs their wisdom teeth taken out'. Only in a select few cases do people need to get their wisdom teeth removed, 99% of people have their wisdom teeth impacted and do not need them removed.
tl;dr, 99% of people do not need their wisdom teeth removed, and society just parrots the lines of 'you need to remove your wisdom teeth' when its not necessary.
