It is estimated that about 65% of the world’s population will have wisdom teeth, during which time pain and discomfort are inevitable.
Human teeth have many different types such as incisors, canines, molars…. and wisdom teeth is the name for our third molars. Usually, they will grow around the time a person is 17-25 years old.
The wisdom teeth often grow underground, misaligned because of lack of space.
This is a rather sensitive time when the jawbone is hard, and the mucous membranes and tissues are thickly covered, leading to a lack of space to develop. As a result, wisdom teeth often grow underground, misaligned because of lack of space, sometimes even crashing into the adjacent tooth.
This is the reason why we often experience dull pain and extreme discomfort. Worse, they can cause “neighbors” troubles such as shaking, sharp pain and inflammation.
The origin of this name comes from the 19th century. At that time, it was noticed that these monstrous wisdom teeth usually only appeared when people were about 17-25 years old. On the other hand, it is also the period when we gradually improve ourselves, transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.
Therefore, people always give their name as wisdom teeth with the meaning of marking the maturity, maturity and wisdom of people .
These teeth usually only appear when people are about 17-25 years old.
Not only in the Vietnamese language, the new wisdom tooth is a special nickname, in many other cultures it also has a unique feature.
For example, also with the meaning of wisdom, wisdom tooth in Dutch means wisdom. Or, in Arabic, Ders-al-a’qel means “the tooth of wisdom”. Likewise, in Japanese, it is called Oyashirazu, which means “unknown to parents” , referring to people who have grown up and gone out on their own.
However, in some different locations, wisdom teeth also have a different meaning!
The closest to the above meaning is that in Spain, it is called “Muela de juicio” , this is considered a milestone marking adulthood, the age when you can take legal responsibility for yourself. This has similarities with its Portuguese neighbours.
Other than that, we can mention Indonesia, it is called “Gigi bungsu” , which means youngest brother because based on the fact, it grows much later than other brothers and has the youngest age.
In many other cultures, wisdom teeth are also unique.
For Thai people, wisdom teeth are named “Fan-khut” which means lack of space, which is understandable right?
The most special is probably in Korea, the name of the wisdom tooth is “Sa-rang-nee” , different from the meaning given above, here, people refer to youth and the pain of first love. That makes perfect sense because normally, perhaps true first loves take place at these 17-25 years old!