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A full set is two on the top and two on the bottom. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Why do people have wisdom teeth?

Ariadne Letra, University of Pittsburgh and Seth M. Weinberg, University of Pittsburgh

Two dental experts explain that these furthest-back molars may be a not-so-necessary leftover from early human evolution.

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