Face depression after wisdom tooth extraction

Wisdom teeth are also part of our teeth. Many people will grow them, but the health of each person's wisdom teeth is different. Some people often have toothaches after growing wisdom teeth. Every time they get angry, this part will hurt, and it may even cause pain in the teeth related to it, so it is best to remove them. But what should we do if our face becomes sunken after wisdom tooth extraction? Since wisdom teeth grow at the back, it is normal for the face to have a concave shape, but it will recover after a period of time.

How to restore the concave face after wisdom tooth extraction

Since wisdom teeth are located relatively far back, facial depression may occur after their removal. So, how to recover the concave face after wisdom tooth extraction? Generally, it takes about a month to fully recover from wisdom tooth extraction, and dry socket may occur. Dry socket mainly occurs after the extraction of mandibular impacted wisdom teeth. It is a bone wound infection caused by oral bacteria.

In fact, the influence of teeth on facial shape is mainly concentrated in supporting the lips and cheeks. Only after losing a certain number of teeth will the face appear sunken and look older, like an eighty-year-old toothless old lady. The impact of losing one or two teeth is very small.

The structures that affect the width of the lower face are mainly the mandibular angle and the masseter muscle. The masseter muscle is a muscle attached to the zygomatic process of the maxilla, the zygomatic arch, and the angle of the mandible. If a person has an enlarged mandibular angle and well-developed masseter muscles, the face will appear wide. In plastic surgery, mandibular angle osteotomy and mandibular bone grinding can be used to change the width and shape of the face.

What are the dangers of wisdom tooth extraction?

Wisdom teeth usually grow when people are around 20 years old. Some people think that wisdom teeth do not play any role, and that they will cause symptoms such as toothache and gingivitis, which seriously affect daily life. Therefore, many people have their wisdom teeth removed. However, many people are worried that extracting wisdom teeth may be harmful. If wisdom teeth are extracted improperly, it may induce some dental diseases. The main harm of wisdom tooth extraction is that it causes pericoronitis of wisdom teeth. Some people may develop pulpitis or loosen adjacent teeth after having their wisdom teeth extracted. The risks of wisdom tooth extraction include:

1. Induce pericoronitis of wisdom teeth:

Because wisdom tooth extraction will cause local trauma (such as bite injury to the opposing teeth), these traumas can induce pericoronitis of wisdom teeth. Because the eruption of the mandibular third molar (i.e. wisdom tooth) often lacks sufficient space and is easily impacted, this situation is more common in wisdom teeth. Common impaction conditions in clinical practice include mesial impaction, horizontal impaction and vertical impaction. Therefore, if you pay attention to oral care after removing wisdom teeth, it is easy to induce pericoronitis.

2. Induce pulpitis :

The biggest harm that wisdom teeth cause to people is that they can easily cause food impaction. This is because if a person's wisdom teeth cannot grow completely to their normal position, it is easy for food residues, bacteria, etc. to be retained in the gap between the wisdom teeth and the adjacent teeth in front of them. This can easily cause caries of the adjacent teeth in front of the wisdom teeth, and may slowly develop into pulpitis.

3. Cause adjacent teeth to loosen:

The alveolar bone in the wisdom tooth area is also easily absorbed, causing the teeth in front of the wisdom teeth to loosen. Wisdom teeth that fail to fully erupt are very prone to pericoronitis, which is more likely to occur when one is tired or has low body resistance. Pericoronitis may recur, and if not treated actively, it may lead to infection in the oral and maxillofacial space, causing the adjacent teeth to loosen.

The growth of wisdom teeth can easily cause pain and oral inflammation, and may also cause swollen cheeks, or induce tooth decay, jaw pain, etc. However, for some people, the symptoms do not affect the growth of wisdom teeth. Therefore, if you observe through X-rays that the position of wisdom teeth is not growing well, then removing the wisdom teeth is the right choice, otherwise it will affect oral health.