I'm 14 years old & I've already gotten my twelve year molars [at like13 1/2 lol] but I think a tooth is comming in behind my last bottom tooth on one side! There's like a big bump in my gum back there [like it is when you get molars] & its sore. Could it be a wisdom tooth ? I thought I was kinda young to get those ;; I haven't even lost all my baby teeth yet [haha seriously .. weird I kno.] & will I have to get it pulled ?? =\
2007-02-04 04:04:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
You are much too young for that to be your wisdom tooth bothering you. Teeth can come and go within plus or minus 2 years at MOST. Generally, people fall within 1 year of the average, which is age 17. Even with a 4 year window (age 17 plus or minus 2 years), you would not be getting your wisdom teeth in at your age, especially if you tend to dentally develop a bit later than average. If you are a bit BEHIND in getting your teeth, it is possible that your 12 year molar has not yet fully erupted back there. This would mean that the tooth has not emerged with all of its "self-protective" features yet. Back teeth are narrow toward the biting surfaces and at the gum line and they are widest in the middle. This serves to direct chewed food away from the gums so that it does not get packed down into the gums. If the widest part of the tooth is not yet above the gum line, it's much easier for food to get caught in between the gums and the tooth. It may be sore, but you should floss back there as far below the gum line as you can. Rinse afterward with Listerine or warm salt water to kill bacteria in the area and decrease the inflammation and pain that you may feel after. See a dentist if the problem is not resolved over the next few days. Good luck.
2007-02-04 04:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to a dentist, not any other dentist but someone you think could be knowledgable.
Although it is good to note that you haven't lost all your baby teeth yet (hmm, good hygiene!), that's probably not the best idea. There is an optimal time for getting it out (Ask the DMD). Because the baby teeth take the space intended for permanent teeth, the perm. may grow out in the wrong direction. You would then need ortho braces in the future.
I doubt the bump is your wisdom tooth, you're only 14. It's most probably the nth molar. Oh well, i would not really know.:) But place ice around that area. If you have fever of more than or equal to 38 deg. Celsius, get Tylenol or any acetaminophen (It's over the counter). Your gums are under an inflammatory process (your tooth acting as a pseudo-foreign body) so that could be expected. Avoid rubbing it with your tongue. Lastly, it has not even gotten out yet, why pull?:) But do see your dentist to avoid stone-henge type teeth;)
2007-02-04 12:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by yellow_hubble 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It sounds very well like it could be your third (wisdom) molar beginning to erupt. Wisdom teeth can erupt at any time (I think mine came in around 15). Next time you go to your dentist, they can pull your x-rays and look at the last molar film. It would most likely show if your wisdom tooth was beginning to come in (and I'm sure they could tell you just by looking in your mouth). As for having to get it pulled: most likely. Most people don't have room for them in their mouth, so they can cause crowding. Not to mention they are quite difficult to brush and take care of, being so far back in the mouth. Just voice all of your questions and concerns to your dentist. They know what they're doing. :)
2007-02-04 12:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You must go to your dentist anytime soon, its true you're young for your wisdom molars to come out but its a possibility, it also can be a gum inflammation process due to the second molar or something a little bit more serious like an infected abscess or a cyst...please take care of it as soon as you can...
2007-02-04 12:10:31 · answer #4 · answered by Kiera B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If a tooth comes in crooked , then you will have to get it out, but you don't know that until you get a dentist to XRay it.
2007-02-04 13:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is most likely your wisdom teeth and you will probably need to get it pulled eventually but not for a while.
2007-02-04 12:07:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wisdom teeth can come in at any time.
Just because it's coming in now doesn't mean it has to be pulled. You're ok.
2007-02-04 12:10:39 · answer #7 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋