Impacted wisdom teeth, but no problem according to dentist. what to expect?

Your age??: My understanding is that the xray finding of impacted wisdom teeth is just that, an xray finding. Some go thru life with those teeth close but never symptomatic. I still have mine. Removal is quite an affair in the best of hands & the dental surgeons i know want kids to be finished growing & symptomatic enough(pain, headaches etc.) to alter their lifestyle before they extract them.

Could be ok...: Having wisdom teeth doesn't mean you will have problems. Where and how the teeth are situated can give you higher or lower risk of problems later on. I suggest asking you dentist for possible outcomes.

Statistics say 1 in 7 impacted wisdom teeth eventually associated with pathology, so you have 6 in 7 chance of being OK. To be sure I would recommend that you see an Oral Surgeon for examination. Oral Surgeons have 5-6 year post-Dental School Residency and therefore have more in depth training. Take your x-rays with you. If Oral Surgeon also says OK, have them x-rayed periodically to check status.