wisdom teeth

1. Four molars , two on the upper jaw and two on the lower jaw, that are the last teeth to emerge in the mouth.

Notes

These teeth are associated with wisdom because they appear during the late teens or early twenties, when a person is physically mature. Often, the wisdom teeth may not rise above the gum line, but remain impacted in the jaw, causing inflammation . If this impaction occurs, or if they pose a threat to other teeth, the wisdom teeth may need to be removed.

Example Sentences

Instead of giving a kid who just got his wisdom teeth out 40 vicodin, give him three.

From The Daily Beast

At the fifth year the second permanent molars, and at the eighth year the third molars or wisdom teeth, begin to calcify.

From Project Gutenberg

It appears as if the posterior molar or wisdom-teeth were tending to become rudimentary in the more civilised races of man.

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Time brings vain regrets and wisdom teeth that can be left in a glass of water over night.

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That is how, neighbor, I became a volunteer under the Republic before I had cut my wisdom teeth.

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The wisdom-teeth are dying out; they are only absent among lower races in 19 per cent.

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