We all know someone who has had a swollen face or a hospital visit to have their wisdom teeth extracted.
The idea of having wisdom teeth extracted can sound scary and overwhelming, but at Vivid Dental we can make the experience easy.
If you have any concerns or issues with your wisdom teeth, come in for a consultation. We can take an OPG X-ray of your entire upper and lower jaw to see exactly where your wisdom teeth are positioned and if they will interfere with your nerves or other teeth.
You may have heard the term ‘impacted wisdom teeth’ before. This refers to wisdom teeth that are growing inwards towards other teeth, impacting the tooth in front of them.
If they can be safely extracted, we have a number of aids to make your treatment more comfortable, such as happy gas and the wand – which is a painless anaesthetic injection. Throughout the procedure you may feel some pressure as we try to loosen the wisdom teeth for extraction, but none of this will be painful or scary.
Thank you for this educational blog post! The third set of molars, known as wisdom teeth, can be found in the back of your mouth. In most cases, they first occur around the age of 17, but they can appear as early as fourteen or as late as twenty-five. Even if your wisdom teeth are still in your mouth and not bothering you, losing them can be a great agony.
In some cases, wisdom teeth might cause:
– Acute dental problems
– Injuries sustained in a collision
– Tooth decay
– Periodontal disease
– Wisdom teeth impacted
– abnormalities of the temporomandibular joint (TMD)
sleep apnea, or snoring