Impacted Wisdom Tooth Surgery
Wisdom tooth extraction is a surgical procedure where the patient usually visits a dental clinic to remove one or more wisdom teeth. This operation refers to the four permanent molars that grow in the back, upper and lower corners of the mouth in adults, and usually hidden and semi-hidden wisdom tooth surgery is recommended for people who have crooked and annoying wisdom teeth.
If one of your wisdom teeth does not have enough room to grow (a impacted wisdom tooth) and is causing pain, infection, or other dental problems, your dentist will likely recommend removing the wisdom tooth. Wisdom tooth extraction may be performed by a dentist or oral surgeon.
To prevent possible future dental problems, some dentists and oral surgeons recommend wisdom tooth extraction, even if the impacted teeth are not currently causing you any problems.
Wisdom teeth are the last permanent teeth that grow in the mouth. These molars usually appear between the ages of 17 and 25. Some people never grow their wisdom teeth; In others, wisdom teeth grow normally and just like other teeth and do not cause any problems. Many people's wisdom teeth grow latently because the teeth do not have enough space to grow inside the mouth or grow naturally.
Reason for wisdom tooth surgery
The wisdom tooth may grow at a different angle than the adjacent teeth.
They may grow at an angle towards the back of the mouth.
The wisdom tooth may grow at an appropriate angle to the other teeth, as if the wisdom tooth had grown in the jawbone.
They may grow straight up or down like other molars, but get stuck inside the jawbone.
Impacted wisdom tooth problems
If you have an impacted wisdom tooth and after visiting the dentist you find out that you need to perform an impacted or partially impacted wisdom tooth surgery, you probably have one of the following problems:
- Food stuck behind wisdom teeth
- Gum infection or disease (periodontal disease)
- Wisdom tooth decay, which is relatively severe and needs treatment
- Damage to the nearby tooth or the bone around the wisdom tooth
- Cyst growth in the area around wisdom teeth
- Complications caused by orthodontic treatments to correct other teeth
