Why do they call the last teeth to come in at the very back your wisdom teeth?

Your explanation is the same as I have always assumed to be the case, and my dictionary agres, in saying the following: . “… wisdom tooth n one of four backmost teeth: one of the four teeth at the back of each side of the upper and lower jaw of human beings. They are the last teeth to come through.

[Translation of Latin dens sapientiae ; so called because the wisdom teeth usually appear in young adulthood] …” . ….. quoted from Microsoft® Encarta® Premium Suite . dens sapientiae ? ….. http://funadvice.com/r/14v08fkppta .

– Best wishes - Majikthise. .

You are right yes :) not everybody gets wiser as they get older obviously, but technically you should be older and wiser by the time you get them (late teens/early twenties), so they were given that name.

idk but I was always proud that my wisdom teeth grew in well and I never had to get them removed. I feel wiser already.

And about 35 percent of people have never get any wisdom? Coincidence? I think not…. lol