Plenty of men and women have teeth that overlap. What causes overlapping teeth? Overlapping teeth are usually caused by genetics or habits as a child such as thumbsucking. They can also be caused by the mouth being too small to fit all the teeth correctly or having different-sized upper and lower jaws. Injury to the…
Wisdom teeth
What Are Impacted Wisdom Teeth?
Categories: Wisdom teeth
This blog post from Premier Dental & Oral Health Group in Lake Ozark is about wisdom teeth, and why some require removal. Evolution isn’t always tidy and linear. For example, we have smaller jaws than our ancestors thousands of years ago, but most of our bodies haven’t adapted by generating fewer teeth. Two-thirds of us…