My wisdom teeth were slowly coming in for years but I wasn't able to get them removed until back in December. I had to do it at that point because I was getting extremely painful infections every few weeks (usually alternating which side they were on) and one tooth was impacted. I was glad to have them out though recovering from that also sucked. Still, it beat having to brush the gums around my wisdom teeth extra hard to squeeze out some of the blood from the inflamed area.