OUCH! MY WISDOM TEETH ARE KILLING ME!
Wisdom teeth/third molar are an issue for most people at some point of time.
Usually erupts between 18 and 21 years of age.
Most people do not have enough space for the teeth to erupt fully in the mouth.
In our ancestors,the wisdom teeth were functional because the size of the dental arches were bigger. With the evolution,the size of the jaw bones have diminished,resulting in impacted(not erupted),incompletely erupted and mal aligned wisdom teeth.
Impaction means the wisdom tooth partially erupt through gums which allows habitat for bacteria to enter around the tooth and cause an infection.
A patient who had lower impacted teeth came to our clinic with pain and swelling for the past 2 days.He had the pain one month before and now he again has the pain.
X rays were taken after 1 week of tooth removal and good healing was seen.Patient experienced the pain and discomfort for 3 days with full recovery taking a few weeks.
GUMS AND TEETH LASER AND DENTAL IMPLANT CENTER @
Usually erupts between 18 and 21 years of age.
Most people do not have enough space for the teeth to erupt fully in the mouth.
In our ancestors,the wisdom teeth were functional because the size of the dental arches were bigger. With the evolution,the size of the jaw bones have diminished,resulting in impacted(not erupted),incompletely erupted and mal aligned wisdom teeth.
- Impacted teeth creates pressure on the adjacent teeth and decreases the amount of bone present on the side of impacted tooth.
- Food lodgement will be there and difficult for brushing and flossing, will leads to tooth decay, gum swelling.
- NOT TOO COMMON,cyst formation around the wisdom teeth.this causes destruction of bone.
A patient who had lower impacted teeth came to our clinic with pain and swelling for the past 2 days.He had the pain one month before and now he again has the pain.
After giving the local anesthesia,the tooth and the surrounding tissues got the numbness,as the tooth was inside the bone,it was splited and removed along with the dentigerous cyst.
"IT IS NOT ALWAYS WISE TO RETAIN WISDOM TEETH,AND REMOVAL OF THESE TEETH DOES NOT AFFECT THE WISDOM"
To know more about wisdom teeth removal,contact:
GUMS AND TEETH LASER AND DENTAL IMPLANT CENTER @
Mambakkam main road
Medavakkam,chennai-100
Phone-9962497766
mail id-care@gumsandteeth.in
Also check us out at www.gumsandteeth.in
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