Does the extraction of maxillary wisdom teeth have an effect on the shape of the face?

Removal of maxillary wisdom teeth generally has no effect on facial shape. The shape of the face is generally made up of the inner hard tissue and the outer soft tissue support. The inner hard tissue generally refers to the skull and jawbone, while the maxilla is located within the jawbone in most cases, that is, in the relatively middle part. Therefore, the removal of wisdom teeth from the maxilla will not have any effect on the overall facial shape. Many people think that the face shape becomes smaller after wisdom tooth extraction because after wisdom tooth extraction, there will be an obvious swelling period due to trauma, and after the swelling period, the patient will feel that the face shape is significantly smaller than during the swelling period, so they think it is caused by wisdom tooth extraction. If you compare the preoperative and postoperative photos, you will find that there is no big difference between them.