my wisdom teeth are killing me, and when feeling around back there they are half erupted through, do i have to have them out or???
2007-06-28 18:10:56 · 11 answers · asked by divinemadness 4 in Health ➔ Dental
Okay, let's start with the fact that they are hurting you. Why wouldn't you want them out?
Are you scared? Don't be. Everyone has had different experiences with third molar extractions. Unfortunately, you never hear the good stories, just the negative tales of bruising and swelling.
The fact is, the younger you are, the easier it is. You will be completely numb, or even put to sleep for the procedure. And come on, who doesn't like ice cream? You can eat all you want afterwards (sorry, no Rocky Road)
If you don't get them taken out, you will create crowding (your front teeth will eventually overlap) and risk possible infection. The gum tissue partially covering your wisdom teeth is probably trapping food; leading to decay and odor. Ask your dentist for an end tuft toothbrush for the time being. It's an angled, smaller toothbrush designed to clean these areas specifically.
Get 'em taken care of, you'll be glad you did.
2007-06-28 18:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by eesha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom teeth will push on your front teethes and cause them to crook and feel pain. Usually when you start to feel these effects, you should have them taken out. I've had mine taken out at a dental clinic, and was easily done. If the process of this is really bothering you, you can have it done at a hospital and they can put you to sleep, and you won't know a thing, only a bit of swelling on the cheeks and a bit of pain in the mouth for a few days, after-wards.
2007-06-28 18:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rinsing with hot salty water 3 times a day and antibiotics will get rid of the pain.
there are 4 reasons you should remove them.
1. the gum will get repeatedly infected.
2.you will will probably never floss between this and the last tooth which will decay the wisdom tooth and the tooth in front which will result in the loss of the neighbouring tooth unnecessarily.
3.you may get a cyst.
4. the wisdom tooth may push your teeth and make your front teeth crooked.
2007-06-28 21:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by LoulieB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get it removed, I have had 4 wisom teeth removed (bottom and top), the tooth will be a problem (headache, chewing on your gum, it goes in out out of your gum intill it's completely out) untill you get it removed. If you don't get it removed it will push all of the other teeth out making your teeth crooked, at the end you will need to get more teeth out and have to have braces. The pain to get it out is unbearable but you'll be glad you had it removed, just wait for it's 3 friends to roll out and you get them too. But you might be one of those people who will never get all of their wisdom teeth.
2007-06-28 18:26:11 · answer #4 · answered by missthy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELLO,
THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPINIONS FOR THIS SITUATION EVEN AMONG DENTISTS.
SOME WOULD SAY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND GET THEM REMOVED. OTHERS WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM, JUST LET THEM COME IN NATURALLY.
WHILE THEY ARE GROWING IN, IF YOUR DENTIST X-RAY'S THE TEETH AND SAYS THEIR NOT IMPACTED, THEN YOU CAN USE AMBESOL OR ORAJEL ON A Q-TIP TO PUT AROUND THE GUMS OF THE ERUPTING TEETH SO THEY CAN COME IN MORE COMFORTABLY. GOOD LUCK.
2007-06-28 18:43:21 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a professional but Iwas told (and it happened) that they can push your other teeth forward and they could overlap in front get them out I'm sure you've got to be in a lot of pain and it won't get better
2007-06-28 18:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by donna b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The area around them will continue to be problematic and you can get gum disease and other nastiness. The partially erupted ones are really the best candidates for extraction. I would advise having them out.
2007-06-28 18:34:58 · answer #7 · answered by knitsafghans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are hurting you they need to come out. Also, along with the problem of them crowding your other teeth and causing them to become crooked, they can also push against your molars and cause them to crack. (That is what happened to me.) Trust me, you'll feel soooo much better after they are out
2007-06-28 18:27:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm........lady if your teeth is not carious then thers no need to remove them...just take care...the condition wd u called pericoronitis...follow simple instruction...rinse 3 to 4 times with 2% hydrogen peroxide then apply metrogyl gum paint nd take tab SN-15 or any mild painkiller for 3 - 4 days
2007-06-28 18:29:15 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think so. I heard they can make your other teeth crooked by pushing on them if there isn't enough room, which may be why they hurt.
2007-06-28 18:15:15 · answer #10 · answered by natsuko1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋