with a full bony impacted wisdom tooth, do they always cut bone? what bone do they cut?

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with a full bony impacted wisdom tooth, do they always cut bone? what bone do they cut?

thats what my husband had

2006-06-12 16:55:32 · 2 answers · asked by Amber 3 in Health ➔ Dental

how much bone do they cut away, and is it the jaw bone? im goin nutso.

2006-06-12 17:06:55 · update #1

DOES IT HURT? CAN YOU FEEL IT? OR ARE THERE NO NERVES IN THAT PART OF THE BONE?

2006-06-13 04:35:27 · update #2

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The tooth is basically encased in bone. They usually cut away the "roof" of bone and a little bit around the tooth to get it out. The hole that is left over usually fills back in with bone and shouldn't cause any problems.

2006-06-12 19:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by DrDY 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

That's usually the way that it's handled. They cut the bone around the tooth, of course!

2006-06-12 23:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋