# Adults teeth too.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-teeth-too/530524>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-teeth-too/530524 "2010-02-26T15:15:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![magpye100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@magpye100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magpye100)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-teeth-too/530524/1 "2010-02-26T15:15:43Z")

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Seems to me that new light could be shed on the fever/teething connection by studying people whose third molars are erupting. Do they report fever associated with the eruption of teeth?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-teeth-too/530524/2 "2010-02-26T16:33:39Z")

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Welcome to the board, maypye100.

It’s always a good idea to cite the actual column you are referring to – in this case:

[Why do babies run a fever when teething — or do they?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2924/why-do-babies-run-a-fever-when-teething-or-do-they)

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**Author:** ![eastcheap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@eastcheap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eastcheap)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-teeth-too/530524/3 "2010-03-05T06:30:27Z")

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> [@magpye100](#):
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> Seems to me that new light could be shed on the fever/teething connection by studying people whose third molars are erupting. Do they report fever associated with the eruption of teeth?

I certainly ran a fever at the time, but that was probably more to do with the unpleasantly invasive removal of said molars than anything else.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-teeth-too/530524/4 "2010-03-05T16:43:50Z")

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Anecdote: I do not recall running a fever or feeling ill when my wisdom teeth were cutting in. Just pain/tenderness. Of course, since I didn’t feel ill, I wasn’t checking my temperature.