Wisdom Tooth Treatment

Wisdom teeth often cause no symptoms. Symptoms that may mean your wisdom teeth need to be removed Include: Pain or jaw stiffness near an impacted tooth. .Pain or irritation from a tooth coming in at an awkward angle and rubbing against your cheek, tongue, or top or bottom of the mouth. An infected swelling in the flap of gum tissue that has formed on top of an impacted tooth that has partially broken through the gum. Crowding of other teeth. Tooth decay or gum disease if there's not enough room to properly care for the wisdom tooth and surrounding teeth.

Your dentist will examine your teeth and gums for signs of a wisdom tooth coming through your gum or crowding other teeth. You will have X-rays to find out whether your wisdom teeth are causing problems now or are likely to cause problems in the future. RISKS After a wisdom tooth is removed, you may experience:

• Pain and swelling in your gums and tooth socket where the tooth was removed.
• Bleeding that won't stop for about 24 hours. .Difficulty with or pain from opening your jaw (trismus).
• Slow-healing gums.
• Damage to existing dental work, such as crowns or bridges, or to roots of a nearby tooth.
• A painful inflammation called dry socket, which happens if the protective blood clot is lost too soon.
• Numbness in your mouth and lips after the local anaesthetic wears off, due to injury or inflammation of nerves in the jaw.

Rare side effects, including:

• Numbness in the mouth or lips that does not go away.
• A fractured jaw if the tooth was firmly attached to the jaw bone.
• An opening into the sinus cavity when a wisdom tooth is removed from the upper jaw.