Impaction isn't always the only reason for removal. An infected wisdom tooth can also land you in this common form of oral surgery. Find out more, here.
Dry socket, also called alveolitis, is a severe complication that happens when the blood clot over the extraction site doesn’t form properly or is lost before your gum heals. When this happens, the bone where the tooth was removed is exposed, causing extreme pain. In most cases, your pai...
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2) The fact that the tooth has pain suggests that the decay has advanced close enough to the tooth’s nerve tissue to irritate it. If the nerve tissue is at a point where it has been significantly traumatized, the tooth would require root canal treatment before rebuilding it would be possi...
It seems curious that 3 years ago when the X-ray was taken no suggestion for extraction was made. Yet now 3 years later with the same x-ray a decision is made to remove the tooth. Something had to have changed. Possibly your daughter has finally entered an age group usually considered ...
Unfortunately it may even be possible for an implantable microchip to be put into a wisdom tooth extraction socket or other area of the mouth during wisdom teeth surgery. These microchips could potentially be used to track location and listen to conversations. This is extremely unlikely and extreme...
Have a question aboutWisdom Tooth Extraction?Ask a doctor now Dr. Gary K. Lines Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Glendale, AZ Not normally. Occasional pain at the extraction sites of wisdom teeth 5 years out from surgery is unheard of. I would be conserned that there may be something else ...
tooth-germ of a wisdom toothmandibleGarr茅's osteomyelitis is generally considered to be synonymous with chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis and occurs most commonly in the first molar region of the mandible. We report a case of Garr茅's osteomyelitis caused by the infected tooth-...
After wisdom tooth extraction, apply an ice pack to your cheeks on the side(s) where your wisdom teeth were removed. Ice for 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off, as much as you can during the first 36 hours after surgery. Cold compresses can help reduce swelling and inflammation even before ...
An operculectomy is a minor surgical procedure to remove excess gum tissue covering a partially erupted tooth, which in most cases is a wisdom tooth.