Wisdom Teeth Surgery - Part II

How is a wisdom tooth extraction performed?

When a wisdom tooth has emerged into its expected position it can be removed in a routinary process. This is generally perfomed by a maxilofacial dentist.

The dentist injects local anesthesia just in the area where the wisdom tooth is, until that part of your mouth has got totally numb to prevent any discomfort during the extraction.

Then the doctor proceeds to pull out the wisdom tooth, which usually lasts around 15 to 20 minutes at most. After the wisdom tooth extraction, the dentist will put a piece of lint in the place where the molar was. You have to keep the lint for 30 to 45 minutes to stop the bleeding.

Generally dentists prescribe some analgesics to ease the pain after. Spill the saliva and blood, but do not rinse your mouth or do any gargles during the first hours.

The effects of anesthesia disappear after one hour. Afterwards, you will feel certain pain and discomfort that will fade away in a couple of days.

Please note: When the wisdom tooth has not totally emerged, it is called an impacted widom tooth, to extract it, it si necessary to perform a wisdom tooth surgery.

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Wisdom Tooth Extraction - Part I

A widom tooth extraction is the most common procedure dentists do. Since there is no exact way to predict what wisdom tooth will cause problems and which not, dentists are subjective when it comes to make a decision and say that, even though they do not cause to pain, they must be removed.

Since dentists are divided on this question, here we set some standards to youon the risks that exist in each one of the two options: extracting it or to leaving it if there is not wisdom tooth symptom.

Which are the risks of not removing wisdom teeth?

• One of the most common reasons is when the affected wisdom tooth pushes other teeth. Some dentists say that this can happen, but that that does not justify to clear them if they do not bother.
  

• An impacted wisdom tooth can cause to damage to the tooth or molar that is opposed to it. This is a fact, but it only occurs to a 2% of the world's population.

• Periodontal disease around the wisdom tooth. This is possible, but in young adults less of 1% have these problems. The problem must to the deficiency of good dental hygiene.
  

• Pericornitis: A wisdom tooth infection that produces the formation of abscesses, is seen more commonly in wisdom teeth. This is a reason for wisdom tooth removal.
  

• The development of mouth cysts and tumors is often mentioned, but this is very rare. The cysts often are confused with other normal characteristics in the x-rays. The tumors are in less of a percent of wisdom teeth.

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