A few years ago, my dentist sent me to a specialist to see if they'd need to be removed. I have really good teeth, actually (which is only fair, since my vision sucks), but a smallish mouth. At that time, the specialist said they were fine and didn't need to be removed unless I had trouble flossing or whatever (which I don't do often, I'll confess -- no cavities, so far! I hope the soreness doesn't mean I have one now...).
Oh, well. Nevermind. Keep bouncing. I'm gonna go floss...
I'm 34, and mine never came in and now they're impacted in my jaw bone. Most of the time they don't bother me. They never gave me any issues until my late twenties, and just before then, another dentist told me that typically, if you don't have to have them out before you're thirty, then you probably won't ever.
But then I moved and got a new dentist, and they started hurting me a little. But I told him what the other dentist had said about if I can keep them until I'm thirty, then they're mine forever. He said, "It's not a battle of wills--it's not like if you hold on tight enough they'll just submit. If they hurt at all, they need to come out, no matter how old you are!"
But what does he know. I still have them, and aside from the crippling headaches, I'm just fine.
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