where does the term wisdom teeth come from
Wisdom tooth Although formally known as third molars, the common name is wisdom teeth because they appear so late â€“ much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably "wiser" than as a child, when the other teeth erupt.[13] The term probably came as a translation of the Latin dens sapientiae. Their eruption has been known to cause dental issues for centuries; it was noted at least as far back as Aristotle: