Board Certified | Statesboro, Georgia Oral Surgeons

Wisdom teeth (also known as third molars) generally erupt between the ages of 17 and 26 years, in a position close behind second molars. The average mouth is made to hold only 28 teeth, not 32. As such, it’s common for wisdom teeth to fail to erupt or to do so only partially and become impacted. In fact, 90% of people have at least one impacted wisdom tooth, according to the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. The term asymptomatic or disease‐free wisdom tooth is used when there are no signs or symptoms of disease affecting your wisdom tooth or nearby structures. Wisdom teeth removal is almost always recommended when third molars can’t properly erupt, even in asymptomatic cases. As South Georgia’s leading oral and maxillofacial surgery practice, the team at East Georgia Center for Oral & Facial Surgery has performed thousands of successful wisdom teeth removals in Statesboro, GA, and Swainsboro, GA.