What should I do if I have wisdom teeth? Do wisdom teeth have to be extracted? I believe that many people have been so troubled, are frightened by the experience of toothache caused by growing teeth, today we will talk to you carefully about what this wisdom tooth is, we find the best solution according to their own situation, as soon as possible to throw this trouble away! Modern medicine believes that wisdom teeth are the remnants of human evolution as the appendix. We can rarely use wisdom teeth when eating, and the eruption of wisdom teeth often brings trouble to clean teeth. Since wisdom teeth are at the innermost end of the alveolar bone in the mouth, it is difficult for a toothbrush to have enough room to move around to complete the cleaning. Over time, the accumulation of food debris around the teeth often causes oral inflammation, such as pericoronitis of the wisdom teeth. Since wisdom teeth are basically not used when eating and chewing, and it is troublesome to clean and protect them, it is recommended that most people have their wisdom teeth removed directly to avoid oral diseases caused by wisdom teeth. The best age for wisdom tooth extraction: 13 to 30 years old Some people may ask, is there an optimal age for wisdom tooth extraction? Some experts point out that 13 to 30 years old is the best time to have wisdom teeth extracted. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to remove wisdom teeth before the age of 30, and the trauma will increase after the age of 40. Many people only come to have their wisdom teeth extracted when they “have to”, and some elderly people even come to have their wisdom teeth extracted when they are over 80 years old, and often they cannot be extracted because they are not physically fit, and then it is difficult to completely eradicate the problems caused by wisdom teeth, and sometimes it even affects the elderly to wear dentures and their quality of life is seriously impaired. In some cases, the wisdom tooth has already involved the surrounding teeth to break down, and then two or three teeth have to be extracted together, then the damage will be even greater. In principle, once wisdom teeth are found to be dysplastic, they should be extracted as soon as possible, otherwise there will be endless problems in the future. The best solution: dental checkups between the ages of 12 and 18 The best solution for wisdom teeth treatment is to go to the hospital for a dental “checkup” between the ages of 12 and 18 to check the development of wisdom teeth for early diagnosis and treatment, as the roots of wisdom teeth have not yet formed, so early surgery is less traumatic and has lifelong benefits. In addition, it is best to remove any wisdom teeth that may cause disease before pregnancy. Why do wisdom teeth usually erupt after the age of 16? The eruption of wisdom teeth represents a small growth spurt in adulthood. The eruption of each molar represents a growth/growth spurt. The first molar, second molar, and third molar (wisdom teeth) represent growth/growth spurts around age 6, 12, and 20+ years, respectively. Of course there is a difference in the size of this peak. Many people ask what is the significance of this small growth/developmental peak, whether it will grow taller, whether it will grow breasts. In fact, there is a problem with this term, for the first two molar eruption time is called developmental peak is correct, but the third molar eruption this should be called a small growth peak, not a small developmental peak. According to some data, it was found that for ancient people, the arch length of many adolescents has been reduced by 10 mm due to attrition, so the eruption of wisdom teeth (about 11 mm) plays an important role in the performance of chewing function. This adolescent refers to the stage of about 16-18 years old, and the small growth spurt refers to such a stage. Nowadays, due to the lack of wear and tear, there is not enough space for the growth of wisdom teeth, which leads to the postponement of eruption, and in fact, the postponed mini-peak is not the original mini-peak. Once again, the mini-peak between the ages of 16 and 18 has very little effect on height, but it does have an effect on jaw and facial growth. With the growth of the jaw and nose, the lateral appearance of a person will continue to change. There are 32 teeth in the human permanent dentition, of which the last four third molars to erupt, located at the very back of the upper and lower left and right arches, because the eruption after the intelligent growth of sixteen to twenty-four years, so also known as intelligent teeth, referred to as wisdom teeth. Some places call it “understand the teeth”, sounds interesting, “wisdom teeth are so wise, oh, long wisdom teeth mom no longer have to worry about my study. If you are only interested in the name of wisdom teeth, you may not have wisdom teeth yet, or you have wisdom teeth and have not found anything wrong. But if your gums are swollen and painful because of wisdom teeth, you will find that you hate wisdom teeth, the guy who has nothing to do with it. Doctor, should I have my wisdom teeth removed? 1. Why do some people have pain when they have wisdom teeth? Wisdom teeth refer to the third molar of the upper and lower jaw (i.e., almost the innermost tooth in the mouth), while other permanent teeth in the mouth usually erupt by the age of 13, wisdom teeth usually erupt between the ages of 18 and 25. When a wisdom tooth is blocked or cannot fully erupt, an inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown that grows inside the gums is called pericoronitis, which occurs mainly in young people between the ages of 18 and 30. It is characterized by painful swelling of the soft tissues around the crown of the tooth. Spread to adjacent tissues may result in difficulty opening the mouth and painful swallowing. In severe cases, there may be general discomfort, headache, increased body temperature, and loss of appetite. The wisdom teeth may become inflamed whenever the resistance is reduced. 2. How to treat peri-coronitis of wisdom teeth? (1) Symptomatic treatment: Wisdom tooth inflammation requires timely consultation, the doctor will use hydrogen peroxide and saline local flushing, the flushing process may have some pain, after the rinse on the medicine, another will recommend mouthwash rinse and take antibiotics. If the pain is unbearable, oral ibuprofen can be taken for pain relief. (2) Treatment of the cause: When the resistance decreases after the inflammation subsides, the wisdom tooth will be repeatedly inflamed, so it is recommended to consider removing the wisdom tooth when the acute inflammation subsides. 3. Must wisdom teeth be extracted? (1) The following cases are recommended to be extracted (2) Repeated pericoronitis caused by mandibular obstructive wisdom teeth; (3) Decay of mandibular obstructive wisdom teeth or tilting forward causing decay of adjacent teeth and tooth damage; (4) Causing food embedding between the second molar and wisdom teeth; (5) During orthodontic treatment, to prevent crowding of anterior teeth or recurrence of malformation after orthodontic treatment; (6) May become the cause of temporomandibular joint disorder syndrome; (7) Suspected to focal teeth causing cysts, tumors or neuralgia; (8) For prevention of the above symptoms early prophylactic extraction of wisdom teeth may be performed in the absence of symptoms. (9) The following cases are recommended for retention (10) normal eruption and normal occlusion with the opposite teeth; (11) completely buried in the bone, not in contact with the adjacent teeth, not causing symptoms can be temporarily retained; (12) orthodontic needs, the wisdom teeth before the missing molar, designed to move the wisdom teeth forward to replace the missing teeth. 4. Does wisdom tooth extraction hurt? The wisdom tooth will be extracted with local anesthesia, and generally no pain will be felt after the anesthesia, and pain will be felt one or two hours after the anesthesia wears off. 5. What are the precautions after wisdom tooth extraction? (1) After wisdom tooth extraction, the doctor will put a cotton ball in the wound to help clotting, the patient must bite the cotton ball tightly and spit it out only after half an hour, do not touch the wound with hands and tongue to avoid infection. (2) 24 hours after wisdom tooth extraction, try not to brush your teeth and avoid touching the location of the extracted tooth when brushing, you can use warm salt water to rinse your mouth instead of brushing. (3) It is normal to have a little blood mixed with saliva within 24 hours after tooth extraction, do not suck on the saliva, try to swallow it downward, and consult a doctor at any time if there is excessive bleeding. (4) Avoid eating within 2 hours after wisdom tooth extraction, after 2 hours you can eat cold liquid food and semi-liquid food, do not eat irritating food, do not smoke, do not drink, do not do strenuous exercise, and speak less. (5) If there are sutures, the sutures will be removed 7 days after the operation. After the appearance of wisdom teeth, the following methods can be used to cope with: 1. Infusion treatment If the inflammation of wisdom teeth is strong and not controlled in time, it is necessary to treat it by infusion, because taking anti-inflammatory drugs at this stage of wisdom teeth inflammation can no longer play a big role. 2, remove wisdom teeth For often inflamed wisdom teeth, we should go to the dental hospital to remove, because the wisdom teeth itself is not very useful to us, there is no need to retain. Of course, a small number of wisdom teeth in the correct position, the opposite jaw also has wisdom teeth and the position is more normal, can also consider retaining wisdom teeth. Other than that, most wisdom teeth need to be extracted. The local treatment of wisdom tooth pericoronitis is very important. The blind pocket can be rinsed daily with 1-3% hydrogen peroxide solution and saline or other sterile solutions, and then spotted with 3% iodine glycerin. In addition, a compound borax solution or furacilin solution can be given as a gargle several times a day. In the early stage, local physiotherapy and topical herbal medicine can also be applied to help inflammation absorption. Acupuncture therapy can have analgesic and improve the role of open mouth. If the abscess cavity is formed, it can be incised and drained. Conclusion: We all know what it feels like to have toothache, and when you have wisdom teeth, your teeth will hurt very badly. Especially when it comes to long teeth, serious people will also be inflamed, red and swollen, resulting in the face will be deformed. As you can imagine the process is very hard, so after asking your doctor’s advice, get your wisdom teeth removed as soon as conditions allow!