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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Impaction is when something is preventing a tooth, usually a wisdom tooth, from growing in all the way.
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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
But that’s fine, Ashley is the one in pain, after her wisdom teeth are removed.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
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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
But that’s fine, Ashley is the one in pain, after her wisdom teeth are removed.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 30 Sep. 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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