Many people often ask: Should I have my wisdom teeth removed? Generally, dentists will advocate the removal of wisdom teeth based on the following reasons.
1.Caries.
If wisdom tooth decay, except for the simple occlusal surface caries which is not deep enough to be filled, those adjacent surface caries, which need excellent technology, and those which are decayed deeply and even need root canal treatment, we advocate to pull out all of them to eliminate the future problems.
2.Invasion of neighboring teeth.
Generally, patients do not know it by themselves, but the dentist will know it by X-ray. The general lack of space for the eruption of wisdom teeth, and will fall on the second molar, thus forming the second molar cleaning is not easy, and even the appearance of partial absorption of teeth, resulting in patient discomfort or toothache.
3. Lack of space.
Wisdom teeth in the evolutionary history of mankind, is relegated to the state of extinction. Therefore, the dental arch is also getting smaller and smaller, and the lack of space is very common. The swelling and pain can be felt most at the time of eruption. Many people decide to pull out their wisdom teeth because they can’t tolerate the pain.
4. Cleaning is not easy.
Because of the lack of space, wisdom teeth often grow crooked, thus often forming the difficulty of cleaning teeth, resulting in the appearance of dental caries.
5.No to bite teeth.
As mentioned before, not everyone’s four wisdom teeth will grow together. Therefore, if there is no wisdom tooth to oppose the opposite side of the wisdom tooth to bite, sometimes there will be excessive eruption of the wisdom tooth, and then affect the bite.
6, obstructed teeth.
Generally this is the most annoying kind, the dentist will find it difficult to handle, but the patient does not necessarily feel, and therefore ignored. This type of tooth, usually buried in the alveolar bone, if it is painful, or if the diagnosis will have a lesion attack, it needs to be extracted.
The wisdom tooth must go to the regular professional dental hospital Oh!
If you want to remove your wisdom teeth, you must find a professional dentist, and the following points should also be noted.
1, usually the longer the extraction time, the longer the swelling will be, especially for obstructed teeth.
2. Within one hour, all blood and saliva should be swallowed. Do not rinse your mouth to help blood clotting and wound recovery.
3.After going home, apply ice packs for one hour, and then use hot packs if you are not comfortable.
4.If you have a fever, you can take sick leave to rest the next day.
5. It is not suitable to remove wisdom teeth when the gums are inflamed, you should take anti-inflammatory medicine and wait for the inflammation to be eliminated before removing the teeth.
6. Wisdom teeth cannot be extracted during the period of a girl’s menstruation.