Why is wisdom teeth removal necessary

Wisdom teeth removal can spare you the need for costly and uncomfortable root canals and fillings. Dental cavities and various forms of gun disease are made more likely by the persistence of wisdom teeth, particularly impacted ones. A frequent consequence of impacted wisdom teeth is inflammation of the gums, which can be persistent and very difficult to treat. Infections that get under your gums can affect nerves or enter the blood stream, becoming a condition called sepsis that effects the rest of the body.

Sepsis can be a serious and life-threatening disease. In addition to preventing cavities and disease, wisdom tooth extraction has the added benefit of easing simple discomfort. Alleviated pressure, lessened gum sensitivity, and relieved tooth sensitivity are all made possible by the removal of those pesky third molars. Get to know Dr. Kawas by visiting his profile page on DentalAssociates. Will My Dental Procedure be Painful? When is Wisdom Teeth Removal Necessary?

Wisdom teeth that erupt can grow in at various angles, sometimes horizontally, and lead to a myriad of more serious problems such as: Staying completely hidden inside the jaw, becoming impacted. Impacted wisdom teeth can sometimes cause pathologies such as cysts, and tumors Only emerging partly through the gums, creating a passageway for bacteria.

Because of the wisdom teeth being hard to reach as a part of everyday cleaning, a partially emerged wisdom tooth allows for bacteria to grow, increasing chances of gum disease or infection.

Crowd nearby teeth. These late-stage molars often cause extreme discomfort when they erupt from the gums and crowd your existing teeth. Worse, there are even recorded cases of wisdom teeth that contribute to jaw alignment, sinus problems, long-term, damaging cavities, and cysts.

For these lucky people, the question is — is it worth undergoing wisdom teeth removal? And just because oral surgery has become standard practice, do all wisdom teeth need to be removed?

This oral surgery has become practically a rite of passage for young adults. This third set of molars typically develop anywhere between the teenage years to young adulthood. By then, we will have lost all of our baby teeth, and the adult set has taken their place. In most cases, wisdom teeth need to be removed because they affect the rest of the teeth. But they must erupt, so instead can grow from various angles in the jaw — even horizontally. Other dentists go as far as recommending extraction at a young age before the teeth and jawbone develop fully.

Younger patients recover faster, and there are much lower chances of impacted wisdom tooth growth and infections in adulthood. For most patients, pain is a telltale sign that their wisdom teeth have erupted and may need extraction. Others include recurring infections in the soft tissue behind the last teeth, cysts, tumours, damage to neighbouring teeth, tooth decay, and gum disease.

Wisdom teeth removal involves extracting the impacted teeth and restoring nearby damaged teeth that may have been affected. Combined with an x-ray to confirm their position and growth, your dentist will recommend wisdom teeth removal based on the shape of your mouth and the health of the other teeth.