“The older you are, the greater the risk of complications”: you should know this about wisdom teeth extraction | Health

The vast majority of teens and twenties will need to have their wisdom teeth extracted at some point. At CM alone, the largest health insurance fund in Belgium, there were more than 30,000 unique interventions in 2021. But why do those teeth have to come out again? And does such an operation take place under general anesthesia? The older you are, the more likely you are to have complications,” says Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Joeri Meyns (ZOL). “