What percentage of people have there wisdom teeth removed?

Question

I am really looking for figures in the UK but the US or else were will also suffice. I would prefer answers from dentists themselves if possible to be more sure of the statistics veracity. I have heard that a lot of extractions of wisdom teeth are unnecessaryy and there removal has become something more of a of a formality than something done for good medical reasons so dentists could perhaps give me there opinion on this as well.

Answer 1

i never had any wisdom teeth, never grew in or anything, so i dont have to get them removed.