Dental Care - Wisdom Teeth
Your wisdom teeth don’t do anything like their name suggests. Unfortunately, when these teeth come in, you don’t get any smarter. The wisdom teeth are the last ones to show up in your mouth and typically happen later in life. Typically, these teeth appear in the late teen years or early adulthood. These teeth are also sometimes called third molars since they are located behind the molars.
Sometimes, wisdom teeth never appear at all because the dentist decides they need to be pulled out before they have a chance to appear. Most of the time, the reason that this will happen is because the person already has a full set of teeth and putting another one in there will just cause pain and crowding.
If there is no room for the teeth to appear, the teeth are considered impacted. In this case, even when there isn’t enough room for the wisdom teeth, they will try to grow in, but will be in a sideways position and unable to erupt to break the gum’s surface. Although it sounds painful, the impacted wisdom teeth do not always cause pain. The gums might feel swollen and painful, but sometimes that pain is just the jaw and surrounding teeth feeling the pain of the wisdom teeth.
You can get infections and tooth decay from a wisdom tooth that has only partially erupted on the gum line, which is why extraction is usually the preferred choice. Of course, if you have spent a lot of money on orthodontic work, you don’t want it all reversed when your wisdom teeth push everything out of the way to make room for it.
You can also have problems with chewing if your wisdom teeth move everything out of line. For this reason, too, you will see the dentist recommend that the wisdom teeth are pulled out. Most people will have their wisdom teeth pulled out for these various reasons.
There is not yet a procedure that will help the teeth re-align the way they should be. Therefore, when it comes to your wisdom teeth, you either have to pull or extract them or leave them be in your mouth.
An x-ray will tell you if you should remove your wisdom teeth. The x-ray can see what the naked eye cannot and will help the dentist predict what would happen if the wisdom teeth were left as they are. The x-ray will show the location and position of the teeth and the dentist can determine whether or not there is enough room for the wisdom teeth to erupt to the gum line.
If you have decided to extract the teeth or pull them out, you will need to schedule a time for the surgery to take place. The surgery will depend on the number of teeth that need to be pulled out and how far under the gum line they are located. Also, the person’s tolerance to pain and their fear of the procedure will be evaluated for anesthesia purposes.
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