I have 4 kids, 3 of whom
had their wisdom teeth removed on reaching adulthood on the advice
of specialists. I had mine removed in my 30s for some reason and so did
my wife. In the US and
much of the world this is a billion
dollar per year business, with millions
of molars extracted every year in the US alone. With those numbers, even a
small complication rate can add up to a lot of complications, and as a surgical
procedure there are also significant costs. Yet it has been argued that the
reasoning behind most of the extractions are flawed and that the procedure is
often unnecessary.