“What happens if you wait too long to get wisdom teeth out?”

The longer you wait to get your wisdom tooth/teeth out, the more likely that you may have more problems. For example, if your wisdom tooth has decay, it may continue to spread, not only to the wisdom tooth itself, but also to the adjacent teeth.

Hello Friend,

The are numerous possibilities, but here are a few scenarios:

-Nothing. Some people keep their wisdom teeth their whole life and have no problems.
-Crowding. Some mouths simply don't have the room for wisdom teeth, and eventually some or all of their teeth become crooked due to overcrowding.
-Infection. If you have redness and swelling in the area of any of your wisdom teeth, you should get them removed immediately in order to remove the source of infection.

If an X-ray called a pano was taken, and your wisdom teeth are laying down, it is possible for the wisdom teeth to cause the roots of the teeth in front of them to be resorbed, thereby causing you to ultimately lose your wisdom teeth and the ruined teeth in front of them.

If they need to come out, the longer you wait, sometimes the more difficult the procedure and the recovery can be.

David M. Garazi, DMD

If you have no cavities or discomfort from your wisdom teeth, then you can wait on your wisdom teeth and no need to extract. But if they are causing pain or they are impacted and causing problems such as resorption to adjacent teeth, then you need to take care of them as soon as possible.
Hope this information was helpful.

The extractions can become more risky as you get older. The wisdom teeth can also make it harder to clean your second molars, which will increase your risk of getting decay on your second molars.