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Wisdom tooth – Problems during eruption, and how to treat it

January 29, 2011 By Dr. Chetan Leave a Comment

impacted wisdom toothTo start of lets first familiarize ourselves with the term “wisdom teeth”. What are your wisdom teeth? Your wisdom teeth are your third molars. They usually come in around the ages of 15-25. Since these teeth come in around adulthood they are wiser then the other teeth, thus far getting it name as “wisdom teeth”. Pretty interesting right? Thats as far as it gets, you’ll find out shortly why. Now that you know what you wisdom teeth teeth are, you should know that they can be extremely painful. Why is this well continue reading.

Read: Types of Wisdom Teeth based on Angulation

There are ones that do not experienced pain from their wisdom teeth at all, when this it the case it’s because they have more room, space in their mouth for these teeth to grow. On the other hand for those less fortunate it can be a night mare. Why? Well, because the lack of space in your mouth, thus far the teeth becomes impacted. This can cause a lot of problems some of them are listed below –

  • Causing bacteria to grow, resulting in infections
  • If the tooth does no come above the gum then it’s trapped, which can cause further infection
  • Destroying other teeth
  • Interfere with ability to eat
  • Crocked teeth

If you hesitate in getting your wisdom teeth removed whatever the problem, consider the consequences;

  • Braces to undo the damage cause by your wisdom teeth
  • Gum disease
  • Tooth decay

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By removing your wisdom teeth

  • You reduce infection
  • Avoid further damage to your surrounding teeth
  • Eliminate the excruciating pain
  • Limit check biting. This is also harmful because it can do damage to the inside of your mouth
  • No more interfering with your smile
  • Continue normal eating habitats

In the long run you will be grateful when your wisdom teeth have been removed. Also you benefit in many ways as was just discussed. When determining just how long this removal process will be is based on the growth of the wisdom teeth. How developed it is. A very good reason for getting early extraction, so you not waiting to late to get them removed. This also can cause problems such as, nerve damage and many more complications.

Read a few of my other guides about Wisdom teeth –

  • How is the Wisdom tooth extracted?
  • How to reduce the Wisdom tooth pain?

Filed Under: Oral Surgery, Tooth Extraction Tagged With: wisdom teeth, wisdom tooth

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