While many patients do not experience problems with their wisdom teeth when they begin to emerge between the ages of 17 and 25, many others find that theirs must be removed. Wisdom teeth are usually removed because they become impacted, which means that the tooth does not have enough room to come in straight through the gums and instead emerges at an angle. This can cause pain, damage to the jaw and a more crooked smile due to crowding. Additionally, the site of impaction can become a bacterial hotspot since impacted wisdom teeth are hard to clean.
If your mouth does not have enough room for your wisdom teeth to come in, a wisdom tooth extraction is necessary, and at our teams at our offices throughout the Philadelphia, PA area can determine whether a wisdom tooth extraction is the best course of action for you.
Wisdom teeth extractions can range from removing a single tooth to removing all four teeth at once. Your doctor at Oral Surgery Consultants of Pennsylvania will let you know what they think is best for you. For the procedure, your doctor will use either a local anesthetic to numb the area or a general anesthetic to sedate you while the teeth are extracted. The tooth will then be accessed through an incision in the gums and wiggled until it is loose enough to be lifted out. If the tooth is too deeply embedded to be removed this way, it will be broken up into pieces before being removed.
Whether you are already feeling pain due to impacted wisdom teeth or have not yet felt them come in, we can determine if your wisdom teeth will cause problems for you. To schedule an appointment with us at Oral Surgery Consultants of Pennsylvania, visit our website www.oralsurgerypa.com.
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