The sequelae of wisdom teeth growing horizontally and being extracted

Everyone is very familiar with wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth are located at the back of the teeth and are the teeth that will only grow out after adulthood. There will be very severe pain when wisdom teeth grow. Not everyone's wisdom teeth grow normally. Some people's wisdom teeth grow sideways. When this happens, the wisdom teeth need to be extracted, which of course will cause some damage to the teeth.

The sequelae of wisdom teeth growing sideways

1. Adjacent tooth damage:

Due to improper placement of the dental forceps, when the tooth is shaken, the adjacent teeth are injured. Or when using a dental elevator, use the adjacent teeth as a fulcrum to pry the teeth loose. This situation can be avoided if you pay attention when extracting the tooth.

2. The extracted tooth accidentally enters the esophagus or trachea:

When a tooth is extracted, the patient's mouth is open, especially if the child is crying. If the extraction instrument fails to clamp the extracted tooth well and the tooth falls out, the tooth can easily slide into the esophagus or trachea, causing great danger.

3. Syncope:

Caused by transient cerebral ischemia. Some patients faint after receiving anesthesia or during surgery. The reasons may be the patient's fear of tooth extraction surgery; or excessive fatigue, hunger and weakness before the operation; or the weather is too hot, the air is not fresh, etc.

4. Soft tissue injury:

Most of the injuries are caused by improper operation of the doctor during tooth extraction, which may lead to gingival or soft tissue tears. If the damage is small and not serious, no special treatment is required. If the injury is too large and bleeding is excessive, it should be sutured.

Do wisdom teeth need to be removed?

Tooth decay

If wisdom teeth have cavities, except for very simple cavities on the occlusal surface that are not deep, which can be filled, those cavities on the adjacent surfaces require very good technology, and those that are very deep and even require root canal treatment are all recommended to be extracted to prevent future troubles.

Invasion of adjacent teeth

Usually the patient is unaware of the condition, but the dentist finds it out through X-rays. Usually there is not enough space for the wisdom teeth to erupt, and they will fall on the second molars, making it difficult to clean the second molars, or even causing partial absorption of the teeth, causing discomfort or toothache for the patient.

Insufficient space

Wisdom teeth are in a state of disappearance in the history of human evolution. As a result, the dental arches are getting smaller and smaller, and lack of space is common. The swelling and pain are most noticeable when the tumor breaks out. Many people decide to have their wisdom teeth removed because they cannot tolerate the pain.

Difficult to clean

Due to lack of space, wisdom teeth often grow crookedly, making it difficult to clean the teeth and leading to tooth decay.

No teeth

Not everyone has all four wisdom teeth. Therefore, if there is no competing wisdom tooth opposite the wisdom tooth, the wisdom tooth may over-erupt and affect the bite.

Impacted teeth

This type of tooth is usually buried in the alveolar bone and needs to be extracted if it hurts or is diagnosed with a lesion.