Is it possible to have more than four wisdom teeth?

If you have more than the typical four, your dentist will probably see these teeth on digital X-rays. The chances that you'll have extra wisdom teeth are fairly slim. About one or two people in every 100 will face this dilemma. Supernumerary teeth can occur elsewhere in the mouth, too. read more

In dentistry the teeth are numbered from the central incisor (called a 1) to the wisdom teeth (called an 8) so usually people have four "8's" - one in each corner of the mouth. Occasionally I have seen people with "9's" (a tooth behind the wisdom tooth). Usually this tooth is not molar tooth shaped, and we call this a supernumerary tooth. read more

Although most people have four wisdom teeth, it is possible to have more or fewer. Absence of one or more wisdom teeth is an example of hypodontia. Any extra teeth are referred to as Supernumerary teeth. In dentistry, hyperdontia is the condition of having supernumerary teeth, teeth which appear in addition to the regular number of teeth. read more

Whereas most people have four wisdom teeth, some people actually have more or even fewer. If you have more than the typical four, your dentist will probably see these teeth on digital X-rays. The chances that you'll have extra wisdom teeth are fairly slim. read more