My wisdom tooth was growing horizontally but instead i had the tooth in front on it removed, is that okay?

Question

the wisdom tooth was growing sideways and pushing against the other teeth, so i had the tooth in front of the wisdom tooth extracted, so it would have more room to grow, would it cause me any problems later on as i grow older (im 18)? the tooth has fully grown now and its penetrated through the gum so when you look into my mouth the crown is visible. I just wanted to know if i had done the right thing.

Answer 1

Damn! I trully truly feel for you! The wisdom tooth that's growing horizontally is called an impacted tooth- and you're lucky you discovered it before it got much worse- believe me it can get pretty bad- i've been there before. Am 21, and mine gave me sooo much pain but i didn't really know the source of the pain until i went to the dentists and had an xray done- when he saw it, he said we needed to extract it A.S.A.P because if left longer, it would hit my nerves and give me unbearable pain not only in my mouth but my whole head and ears then eventually affect the whole nervous system- i got the surgical procedure done but it was really painful and i had stitches and everything- couldnt eat for a whole month. The pain was worth it though caz it affecting my nervous system woulda been much much worse- i don't know why your dentist had you remove the tooth in front of your wisdom tooth because that doesnt solve the problem- your wisdom tooth will still impact on your jaws and nerves- please tell him to remove it A.S.A.P because the longer you leave it, the thicker the root grows and the more danger you'll be in of getting a very serious and irreversible condition

Answer 2

No! wisdom teeth cannot grow back, they are your permanent third molar teeth, permanent teeth do not grow back once they have been extracted! However the bits you are feeling could be root fragments of the teeth that were removed. On another note, there are sometimes cases where people have what we call supernumeracy teeth, there you do grow an extra tooth or 2, I saw a patient once where we extracted an upper wisdom tooth, AND they had a smaller, almost milk tooth like, tooth behind it, which we also extracted. If you are really concerned go to your dentist to get it checked out, but i expect its just tiny root fragments.

Answer 3

Why didn't you have the Wisdom tooth removed instead. That was what I had done to two of mine. I would also guess this was a wisdom tooth on the lower jaw....

Answer 4

No. The wisdom tooth should have been removed.