Wisdom Teeth

I had mine yanked in my early 20's. I had to as I didn't have room.

Honestly it went well. No pain killers needed, minimal swelling. Only downside was having to chew with my front teeth for a couple weeks while waiting for the sockets to heal.

 

Most people getting wisdom teeth removed don't have the jaw space for them. In the ancient past we ate less cooked food and we chewed a lot more from an early age. All of the chewing caused us to have bigger jaws. But since fire and cooked food, not so much. It's only necessary to remove a wisdom tooth if it is growing toward the tooth next to it. Not removing it is like leaving a tree root growing into your home's water pipe. It will only get worse if you don't remove it. I think mine started to come in in early 20s. Once the first one started causing pain I got all 4 removed at once. Not everybody has a horror story, but everyone with a horror story will tell it.

 

Impacted wisdom teeth are an absolute nightmare. I'd rather have them pulled instead of waiting until I needed a surgical procedure.