2007-07-28 12:48:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
You and your dentist can decide whether or not to remove your wisdom teeth. The problem which usually causes people to have them removed is that, as they grow in, they crowd the other teeth and can cause bite problems. The dentist should be able to tell as you get closer to 18-20 whether or not you should have them removed. Most times removing only 2 of the 4 solves the problem. I had all 4 removed so that I only had to go through the surgery once.
2007-07-28 12:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Cate Rice 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The joke is, "If your wisdom teeth stay in, you'll be smart forever . . . ." Seriously, what you have is an infection, probably caused by rotting roots and/or deterioration of the bone that is holding them. If the tooth is "trying to come out", the roots can no longer hold it. Because they are at the back of the mouth, wisdom teeth are almost always "blocked" by the molar next to them. The infection and the flexing were probably what was causing the pain. As your immune system kills the infection, things will probably feel better. You can wiggle the tooth to see if a root is broken or if the socket into which the root sets is too large, meaning bone is missing. Unfortunately, in either case, the original problem which caused the infection and structural damage will still be with you. Why go through the pain of letting it happen again in the future, when you can get it over with right now without that future pain? We all want to avoid expenses, and we SURE want to avoid the dental pain. One day, people will be able to get a third set of teeth. Till then, you will have to plan for both expenses and pain. I suggest you keep your mouth as sterile as possible to help your immune system make you comfortable for a long enough time that you can save up a thousand or so. The pain will not be nothing, but it will be managable. "Does it hurt?" "Yes." "Do I like it?" "No." "Can I take it?" "YOU BET!"
2016-05-21 04:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people get wisdom teeth pulled because the teeth impact against the teeth already present causing misalignment and often creating an environment for rot below the gums. If the wisdom teeth come in straight, there is no reason to pull them.
2007-07-28 12:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are one of the lucky people with a big enough jaw to accommodate them, nothing! Be happy!
The reason they're usually pulled is that most people's jaws are too small to accommodate the 4 extra teeth, so the wisdom teeth are in danger of pushing the other teeth out of position.
2007-07-28 12:52:29 · answer #4 · answered by embroidery fan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
they could grow in strangely and forever irritate your mouth, they could grow in and mess up the alignment of your other teeth creating a possible need for braces, they grow in and are difficult to brush so you get pain and cavaties and have to deal with removing them eventually anyways. also the longer you wait the deeper the roots of wisdom teeth grow and the great teh risk of losing facial/mouth sensation is when they are removed.
2007-07-28 12:53:23 · answer #5 · answered by kestrelk8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they can eventually decay and become impacted- if you choose to get them extracted which I would do- do them one at a time.
I had mine done, it was nothing, out in the snap of a finger and never felt a thing.
If they become impacted, you will suffer with pain- and they would have to give you anti biotics and have to extract them.
Wisdom teeth do not last- they are weak bone that decay rather quickly in most people- If they don't bother you, you can wait, but once they do, get them out right away.
2007-07-28 13:34:19 · answer #6 · answered by brandy2007 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You turn into a mad wherewolf
2007-07-28 12:51:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2007-07-28 13:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by henry c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋