wisdom teeth
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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.
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Wisdom teeth, or a person's third and final set of back molars, are the last teeth to grow in one's mouth.
From Salon • May 7, 2024
Wisdom teeth are removed from thousands of healthy young mouths every day in this country.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2023
Six plays: Cinderella married, Three pills in a bottle, Columbine in business, The patchwork quilt, Wisdom teeth, Theories and thumbs. © 14Nov24, A807880.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1952 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Can’t they join a lot together till it is long enough, old Wisdom teeth?
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal
Wisdom teeth; left upper and right, lower and upper, breaking through.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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