Wisdom teeth do behave oddly.
I had frequent severe pain and infections in my lower left one for 6 years before my dentist agreed to refer for an X ray. Following the X ray I was referred for removal due to the “rot” underneath my tooth. I assumed the “rot” the dentist was referring to was under my lower left, as that was the one I’d had all the problems with.
During the wait between X ray and surgery, I suddenly began having infections and some pain in the lower right, which I’d never had issues with before. Still, it wasn’t anywhere near as bad as what I’d had with the left one.
When I turned up at my hospital appointment, the surgeon said “okay, so we’re here today to remove your lower right wisdom tooth”. I was confused and questioned it, telling the surgeon that I thought they were removing the lower left as that was the one I’d had problems with for years. The surgeon was confused too and ended up pulling the X ray which confirmed it was in fact the right one that was rotten and that was the one I’d been referred for! So odd.
I had another crazy experience with my upper right one. Absolutely no signs of it coming in until one evening I started experiencing minor pain, the kind I felt in the early years with the lower left before it erupted. I woke up the next morning in AGONY, looked at my mouth in the mirror and the entire tooth had come in overnight, but it had grown diagonally! So it had cut into my cheek and caused a huge abscess type thing. I went to the dentist immediately and he removed it there and then with no drugs other than local anaesthetic. It was horrific. So definitely opt for the sedation.
Btw, I had been eating a packet of very crunchy pork scratchings a day or two before that happened, and maybe it’s coincidence but I have always wondered if the pressure/vibration in my jaw from the crunching somehow caused it to come through so suddenly!