Machinists crafted rare airplane parts, while a dentist readied to remove enlistees' wisdom teeth.

机械师制作罕见的飞机部件，牙医则准备着帮士兵拔掉。

Hey, will I still get wise without my wisdom teeth?

没了 我还有慧吗？

Let’s have a look. Hmmm. This doesn’t look too good. I think we may have to pull out your wisdom tooth. It’s pressing against your molars and that’s one of the reasons you are experiencing so much pain.

我看看。嗯，情况不好，我想，也许，我不得不把你的拔了。它挤到了你的臼牙，所以你才那么疼！

So, to save you and your teeth from such a horrible fate, dentists will often remove wisdom teeth before they go rogue.

所以，为了拯救你和你的牙摆脱这样可怕的命运，牙医经常拔除在耍流氓之前。

Tooth decay can eventually destroy your wisdom tooth.

蛀牙最终会毁了你的。

Some people naturally never have wisdom teeth.

有些人天生就没有。

In that case, instead of growing in like a normal tooth wisdom teeth get trapped or impacted in your jaw, which often makes them grow in at odd angles and press against your back molars causing pain and swelling.

这样的话，有可能困住或被压着，没有办法像正常的牙那样生长。所以它经常以奇怪的角度长出来，还会挤压你的后臼，让你感到疼痛和肿胀。

Thanks, doc. I've got a really bad toothache! I can't eat anything, and look, my face is all swollen. I think it might be my wisdom tooth.

谢谢，医生，我的牙真的疼死了！我完全不能吃任何东西，看，我的脸都肿了。我想这可能是我的。

Leonard, I'm on a lifelong trajectory that includes a Nobel Prize and cities named after me, all four wisdom teeth fit comfortably in my mouth without need of extraction, and my bowel movements run like a German train schedule.

莱纳德 我这辈子迟早会拿诺贝尔奖 有座城市还要以我的名字命名 我的四 在我嘴里安稳地长着 完全不用拔掉 我的肠道活动就像德国火车一样规律。

Thanks, doc. I’ve got a really bad toothache! I can’t eat anything, and look, my face is all swollen. I think it might be my wisdom tooth.

谢谢，医生，我的牙真的疼死了！我完全不能吃任何东西，看，我的脸都肿了。我想这可能是我的。

People also can come in here and have our oral surgeon and go to sleep and get their wisdom teeth taken out while they're taking a little nap.

人也可以到这里来，请我的口腔外科医生帮他拔，然后让他在睡午觉的时候拔掉。

When I got my wisdom teeth out, you made me walk the last four blocks to the dentist so you could get an Egg McMuffin before the 10: 30 cut-off.

我去拔的时候，你为了在十点半的截止时间前买到鸡蛋麦芬，让我走了最后的四个街区去到牙医那里。

A 2016 study monitored 60 patients' heart rates while they were getting their wisdom teeth removed, with 30 of them receiving a weighted blanket halfway through.

2016 年一项研究监测了 60 名患者在拔时的心率，其中 30 名患者在拔的过程中盖上了一条加重毛毯。

But I did, uh, sit around, and get really drunk, and count up all of the extra painkillers that I had leftover from my wisdom tooth surgery.

而是到处闲逛，喝个烂醉。我还数了数我手术之后剩下了多少特效止痛药。

One thing is pretty clear: our wisdom teeth have changed a lot since the days of our ancient ancestors.

有一点是很明确的：自从远古祖先的时期以来，我的已经发生了很大的变化。

Wisdom teeth have been around for millennia.

已经存在了几千年。

People should have the placement of their wisdom teeth examined between the ages of 16 and 20.

人应该在16岁到20岁之间检查的生长位置。

And many scientists think that as people's diets have become less chewy, their jaws have gotten smaller — and that this has led to dental crowding, resulting in dental crookedness and impacted wisdom teeth.

许多科学家认为，当人的饮食变得不那么需要咀嚼，他的下颚就变小了——这就导致牙拥挤，造成咬合不正以及阻生。

The molars include four wisdom teeth, which are the last set of teeth to come in.

臼包括四，这是最后一组长出来的牙。

Sometimes, the wisdom teeth are impacted, meaning they are stuck under the gums.

有时，会被阻挡，这意味着它卡在牙龈下面。