wisdom tooth
noun
: the third molar that is the last tooth to erupt on each side of the upper and lower jaws in humans
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Through the Capital Area Dental Foundation, Adamson is also no longer in pain after an oral surgeon was able to remove her wisdom teeth and a dentist was able to provide some other treatments.
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024
Impaction is when something is preventing a tooth, usually a wisdom tooth, from growing in all the way.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
Wells first tried on himself, inhaling nitrous and having another dentist pull his own wisdom tooth.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
When a wisdom tooth or a permanent tooth in a child begins to grow in, a pocket of tissue forms over the tooth.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024
Impaction is when something is preventing a tooth, usually a wisdom tooth, from growing in all the way.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
Wells first tried on himself, inhaling nitrous and having another dentist pull his own wisdom tooth.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
When a wisdom tooth or a permanent tooth in a child begins to grow in, a pocket of tissue forms over the tooth.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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wisdom tooth
noun
wis·dom tooth
ˈwiz-dəm- 
: the third molar that is the last tooth to erupt on each side of the upper and lower human jaw
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