# Extra Teeth **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041 "2002-12-26T22:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/1 "2002-12-26T22:15:08Z")
How many of you have or had extra teeth? I mean how many of you had an adult tooth come in and then another behind that? Me- Both front teeth had an extra tooth (removed surgically). All 4 canines of mine also had extra teeth. My grandfather had the exact same extra set of teeth but noone else in my family did. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/2 "2002-12-26T23:42:22Z")
I had a double row of bottom incisors when I was 7-8 years old. That is to say, My four bottom primary teeth were joined by their successors directly in back. Candy always got stuck in there. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/3 "2002-12-27T01:00:28Z")
Interesting. What I mean is having 1 baby tooth then 2 adult teeth for the same tooth. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/4 "2002-12-27T01:50:46Z")
Ah, a second dentition. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/5 "2002-12-27T02:05:28Z")
I only had 3 wisdom teeth, not 4. If anyone has any extra teeth, send one my way. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/6 "2002-12-27T03:11:08Z")
My ex-boyfriend had extra teeth near the front section that screwed up the alignment of the rest of his teeth. Those got pulled. Later on, some more teeth came in and screwed up the alignment of his teeth again. Sheesh… I dunno how that one works, but hopefully when he gets those teeth pulled, more won’t grow back in their place. -Indigo ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/7 "2002-12-27T03:52:14Z")
I had two sets “double teeth”. I had them removed when I was 7 or 8, though. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/8 "2002-12-27T13:36:24Z")
Apparently my grandfather-in-law had all his teeth removed in preparation for a set of falsies - and got quite a surprise when they all grew back a while later! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/9 "2002-12-27T14:42:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SC\_Wolf \* > \*\*I only had 3 wisdom teeth, not 4. If anyone has any extra teeth, send one my way. \*\* I had EIGHT impacted wisdom teeth taken out. Nothing has felt really painful to me since then. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/10 "2002-12-27T15:44:30Z")
I am currently in possession of all 33 adult teeth. two wisdoms on top left I think. It really blew when dentist’s mind when he discovered it in the x-ray. He wanted to remove it. I didn’t return to the dentist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/11 "2002-12-27T18:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SC\_Wolf \* > \*\*I only had 3 wisdom teeth, not 4. If anyone has any extra teeth, send one my way. \*\* Hey, me too! I also had an extra canine tooth which I had to have pulled before I got braces as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/12 "2002-12-27T19:03:36Z")
No extra teeth, but I had only three wisdom teeth, all of which are gone now. I’ve seen my x-rays and there’s nothing else hanging around down in there to give me trouble. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/13 "2002-12-27T19:11:38Z")
I’m feeling a little cheated right now. I only have 23 teeth, and apparently some of you got extras. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/14 "2002-12-27T21:56:21Z")
I had two extra incisors. Strangely, my sister was two short and she was mad at me for taking hers. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/15 "2002-12-27T22:43:15Z")
I’m not sure if I actually had any _extra_ in total; About twice as many adult molars as normal erupted on my lower left jaw, none at all erupted on my lower right (the dentist said at the time that it seemed plausible that something got a little mixed up early on and the cells that would become my adult lower molars all ended up on the one side). There was nothing to push out my milk teeth on the lower right side and I still have one milk tooth there (I’m 35 years old now). ---
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/16 "2002-12-28T01:24:17Z")
Just a question: why would anyone have extra teeth removed? It seems like it couldn’t hurt to have a spare set… ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/17 "2002-12-28T03:21:29Z")
Because they move the s\*\*t out of all the rest, Quonk, and that craps out your bite. I only had one wisdom tooth (go figure, duh) but it played havoc with the rest of the teeth alignment on my upper jaw. Had it pulled. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/18 "2002-12-28T16:54:10Z")
I wonder which is more common, extra teeth or “missing” teeth? My dentist was quite upset the first time I had teeth x-rays taken (I was probably 5 or so) because the x-rays showed that I was going to be short one permenent tooth. My mom is missing the same one, so she wasn’t really surprised. I _did_ keep the baby tooth until it cracked in two and had to be pulled when I was 19, though; that surprised a whole new dentist 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/19 "2002-12-28T18:46:27Z")
I’ve got all the regular teeth and there are 4 wisdom teeth just waiting to cause trouble (my dad only had three, so I obviously didn’t get his teeth), but the strangest thing was a tiny “mini-tooth” in the back of my mouth. It was about the size of the end of a toothpick, and IIRC, it was like a tiny little molar. My dad pulled it out with a pair of pliers when I was about 7. He didn’t realize that it was actually a tiny tooth until it came out. We both thought it was something that was stuck into my gum. Kind of weird. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-teeth/145041/20 "2002-12-28T19:54:10Z")
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