What are the symptoms of wisdom teeth

We only replace our teeth once in our lifetime. Before they are replaced, they are called deciduous teeth. They will be automatically replaced after we reach the age of seven or eight. Wisdom teeth grow relatively late, and usually begin to sprout between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. However, some people grow later or never grow wisdom teeth in their lifetime. This is a big difference. Wisdom teeth are not very useful to us, because the food we eat now is becoming more and more refined, so we no longer need them. However, they have not completely degenerated and will still grow out. Let's take a look at the symptoms of growing wisdom teeth.

What are the symptoms during the eruption of wisdom teeth?

1. Corresponding signs of wisdom teeth

1.1. The symptoms of pericoronitis of wisdom teeth often occur when oral hygiene is poor and the body's resistance is reduced. It is more likely to occur in mandibular wisdom teeth than in maxillary wisdom teeth. When the disease starts, you will feel gum pain. The mandibular wisdom teeth are close to the pharynx. The symptoms of pericoronitis of wisdom teeth may include sore throat and difficulty opening the mouth, which will affect speaking and eating.

1.2. Oral examination revealed that the mandibular third molar was incompletely erupted, and the soft tissue around the crown was red, swollen, eroded, and tender. Low-positioned impacted teeth can be touched with a probe under the swollen gingival flap, and purulent secretions overflow from under the gingival flap, sometimes forming pericoronal abscesses.

1.3. In the early stage of inflammation, there is only discomfort in the molar area and occasional mild pain, and the patient has no systemic symptoms. When the inflammation worsens, there is spontaneous throbbing pain in the local area, which is reflected to the ear and temporal area.

1.4. When the inflammation affects the masticatory muscles, there will be varying degrees of limited and difficult mouth opening, increased pain when chewing and swallowing, poor oral hygiene and bad breath. At this time, there are symptoms such as general discomfort, chills, fever, headache, loss of appetite, and constipation.

2. Changes in teeth when wisdom teeth grow

2.1 Oral ulcers

When wisdom teeth grow, they often have insufficient space for eruption, which may lead to incomplete eruption, ectopic growth or impaction, with part of the crown exposed outside the gums and part covered by the gums.

2.2 Dental caries

If wisdom teeth have cavities, except for very simple cavities on the occlusal surface that are not deep, which can be filled, we recommend extraction for those cavities on the adjacent surfaces that require very good technology, as well as those that are very deep and even require root canal treatment to prevent future problems.

Diet to relieve wisdom tooth pain

2.1. Pay attention to your diet and avoid getting angry

When you have wisdom teeth, you must pay attention to your diet. In this case, even if you don’t usually eat spicy food, you must control it now. Don't eat hard things, dry things are not recommended, let alone spicy things.

2.2. Eat more bitter melon and drink vegetable soup

When wisdom teeth grow, we cannot stop eating just because of the pain. This will cause malnutrition. It is recommended that you eat bitter melon when the pain from wisdom teeth grows severe. Bitter melon has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Another good choice is to drink vegetable soup.

2.3. Causing adjacent tooth lesions

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 partially absorbed, causing discomfort or toothache for the patient.

3. The growth direction of wisdom teeth

During late adolescence, the jaw develops to near adult size. But some people's jaws are not big enough and there is not enough space for wisdom teeth to erupt. The wisdom tooth will be impacted in the jawbone and grow in the other direction. The tooth crown may be only partially exposed above the gums, or it may be completely buried in the jawbone. The tooth roots may become deformed or grow toward the maxillary sinus or mandibular nerve. Due to lack of space, impacted wisdom teeth grow in various directions, often at angles to adjacent teeth. It can grow toward the adjacent teeth (mesial angular impaction), away from the adjacent teeth (distal angular impaction), or it can be impacted horizontally, vertically, or even inverted.