# Poll: Do you have wisdom teeth?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-wisdom-teeth/315689>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 5, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-wisdom-teeth/315689 "2005-08-05T07:19:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 4

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**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:** [August 6, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-wisdom-teeth/315689/61 "2005-08-06T12:18:06Z")

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> [@Blake](#):
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> Lucky me, I had 6 of them, all fully erupted, all removed when I was 25, in less than half an hour, under local aneasthetic. My dentist is a wizard.

I had eight of them, all impacted (I have a very small mouth). Had to have them all extracted. Fortunately I was still popping pills at the time.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-wisdom-teeth/315689/62 "2005-08-06T13:17:07Z")

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> [@Sarah Woodruff](#):
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> What’s a tori? I googled and only came up with references to Ms Spelling and Ms Amos.

It’s typically a extra layer of bone inside your lower gum where your tongue sits. The link above isn’t actually all that gross, it’s just the inside of somebody’s mouth. I wanted to err on the side of caution.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-have-wisdom-teeth/315689/63 "2005-08-06T19:02:06Z")

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Yes, I have all of mine. I am 43 and suspect that I will have them the rest of my life.

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