Have you got your wisdom teeth yet? They are the last set of teeth to emerge and usually surface when you are in your late teens or early twenties. But, sometimes, the wisdom teeth do not appear as expected due to certain oral issues. They could get stuck, or what we call ‘impacted,’ between the jawbone and gums. Such a condition can be very painful and could lead to serious oral infections.
We have a solution to this issue. The best way to treat an impacted wisdom tooth is to extract it from the mouth completely. However, this can be a tricky process and requires trained hands for its successful completion.
Soft tissue impaction:The tooth wouldn’t emerge out of the gums at all. It would stay entirely under the gums as a result of early impaction. A small cut has to be made on the gums to expose the tooth underneath, and then, it will be extracted.
Partial impaction: The tooth starts to emerge normally. But, midway through the process, it gets impacted. Meaning, the tooth would partially emerge and partially stay under the gums.
Complete impaction: Sometimes, the entire tooth (or almost all of it) would emerge out of the gums but still cause pain and discomfort. Chances run high for this to be an impacted wisdom tooth despite complete emergence. The best way to treat it is by extracting it.
We would thoroughly screen the impacted tooth during the initial visit to our dental clinic and take X-rays and scans. It helps us understand the internal structure of the tooth root and the jawbone as well. A customized treatment plan will be drawn out based on the type of impact and discussed with you.
Since the procedure involves the removal of an entire tooth from the socket, it would be painful. Hence, to prevent you from enduring the pain and discomfort, we will administer local anesthesia. It would numb the entire oral cavity, including the teeth, gums, soft tissues, and jawbone. The dentist would expose the tooth by making a small slit on the gums. In case the tooth can’t be extracted in one piece due to certain difficulties, it may have to be sectioned and removed in smaller fragments. Post extraction, the dentist would advise you on how to take care of the wound and facilitate ideal healing.
Please get in touch with us through online consultation or by calling us at (775) 882-0635, and we’ll assist you further.
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