The recovery time after removal of a transverse wisdom tooth includes wound healing and complete healing, which takes about one week for wound healing and three to six months for complete healing, respectively.
1. Trauma healing: the process of removing transverse wisdom teeth can lead to different degrees of damage to the gums to form a trauma, which is a soft tissue injury. After the gums are damaged, the wound can form a scab and heal within a week or so through the reproduction of the cells of the gingival tissues themselves, if there is no infection.
During this period, you need to clean and disinfect the wound according to the doctor’s instructions, pay attention to oral hygiene, and take antibiotics such as amoxicillin to prevent or treat infections.
2. Complete healing: Wound healing is not the same as complete healing. Complete healing takes a longer time, and the process includes the formation of granulation tissue, fibrous connective tissue growth, alveolar bone resorption and reconstruction, and immature and mature bone growth. According to clinical observation, the time required for complete healing is usually around three months, but there are individual differences and some people may take up to six months.
It is recommended that the patient can go to the hospital for follow-up as prescribed by the doctor, and consult the doctor about the healing status according to the results of the follow-up examination.