What to expect?

Consultation: Your dentist or oral surgeon will examine your wisdom teeth and may take X-rays to assess their position and determine whether extraction is necessary. They will also discuss the procedure with you and answer any questions you may have.
Extraction: The dentist or oral surgeon will use specialized instruments to loosen the wisdom tooth within its socket. They may need to make an incision in the gum tissue to access the tooth, particularly if it's impacted or if it hasn't fully erupted. Once the tooth is loosened, it will be carefully removed.
Closure: After the extraction, the dentist or oral surgeon may place gauze over the extraction site to control bleeding and promote blood clot formation. In some cases, stitches may be placed to close the extraction site, particularly if it was a surgical extraction or if multiple teeth were removed.
Healing: The extraction sites will typically heal within a few days to a couple of weeks, depending on the complexity of the extractions and your overall health. During this time, you may experience some swelling, discomfort, or bruising, which can usually be managed with over-the-counter pain medications and ice packs.

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Wisdom Tooth Extraction

Wisdom teeth are the last 4 set of teeth that erupt in the mouth in a lifetime. Excruciating pain is generally experienced by most people during its eruption. The decay caused due to complexity while brushing or smaller spaces during the eruption are the main reasons for the pain. Depending on the situation, the impacted tooth is removed or treated.

Why wisdom teeth are called wisdom teeth?
Wisdom teeth are the last molars in the human dentition. Usually, these teeth erupt at age 17-20. It is called as wisdom tooth because it erupts at a matured age. However, they do not have any role in the food biting process. They can be seen or spotted through the X- ray. At Rutudent- Bhawsar Dental Care & Research Centre X-ray is done in house with modern technologies.

What does wisdom tooth extraction involve?
Wisdom tooth extraction is a surgical procedure to remove impacted tooth which is placed at the back. If an impacted wisdom tooth causes pain or other oral issues the dentist will advise to remove the tooth.

What is the reason for removing wisdom teeth?

• They’re impacted. Because they are so far back in the mouth, wisdom teeth may not come in normally. They can be trapped in the jawbone or gums, which can be painful.
• They come in at the wrong angle. They may press against the other teeth.
• Your mouth isn’t big enough. The jaw has no room for an extra set of molars.
• You have cavities or gum disease. It may not be able to reach your wisdom teeth with your toothbrush or dental floss.

What does an impacted wisdom tooth feel like?

Usually, wisdom tooth is associated with the following issues. You can relate to them if you have any one of these:

• Pain: When an impacted wisdom tooth tries to come out, the top of the gum can become infected and swollen. At this time you will feel the pain. You will start to recognize the referred pain in nearby areas such as surrounding teeth, ear etc.
• Pericoronitis: Inflammation of gingival flap around wisdom teeth is common.
• Food impaction: Due to hindmost positioning of wisdom teeth, food impaction is common here. Hence it increases the risk of building cavity.
• Tooth misalignment: When wisdom teeth do not have much space, they start to push the teeth beside them.

What is the use of wisdom tooth?

This tooth helped human ancestors to grind plant-based tissue. But as humans evolved our diet changed. The soft diet made the jaws less forwarded growth. This adverse effect resulted in lesser space for wisdom tooth.

How do they remove impacted wisdom teeth?
When you visit the clinic the dentist will thoroughly check your mouth. The examination allows them to understand the complexity of the case. Then he/she will start the treatment

• Anaesthesia: Before having wisdom teeth removal, you will be given an infusion of anaesthesia nearby to numb the tooth and encompassing zone. In case you are especially restless about the methodology, your dental specialist or specialist may give you a narcotic to enable you to unwind. This will for the most part be an infusion into your arm. General sedative is seldom required f or shrewdness tooth evacuation. It is possibly sometimes utilized when the strategy is completed in an emergency clinic. Nonetheless, for this situation, you should in any case have the option to return home on a similar day as the method.
• Tooth Extraction: when you start to feel numbness in the jaw and cheek area, the dentist will then extract the wisdom tooth. You will not experience pain while removing the tooth. But you may feel little pulling pressure. The dentist will place a medicated gauze against the extracted wound to stop the blood flow.

After extraction, the numbness may stay for 30 minutes to 2 hours. You may feel little or no pain after the extraction. Your doctor may advise you to stop chewing the food in that jaw side. Apart from this, you can do your normal activities.

How do you take care of your mouth after wisdom tooth removal?

1. Bleeding management: Blood flow is a common effect after an extraction. Stop excessive spitting during this time. Placing a gauze over the extraction site can help to relieve the blood flow.
2. Pain management: Wisdom teeth removal pain is one of the unavoidable features. Your dentist will prescribe necessary painkillers. Normal pain will be solved by painkillers.
3. Swelling and bruising: Swelling of your cheeks usually improves in two or three days. You can use an ice pack as directed by the dentist.

What is the best thing to eat after getting wisdom teeth out?

• Avoid Beverages: Avoid alcohol and caffeinated drinks in the first 24 hours of the treatment. Don’t drink with the straw. Drinking with a straw may lead to dislodging the blood clot from the chamber.
• Food: Soft food consumption is advised during the first 2-3 days. You can start to eat semi-soft food when you can tolerate them. Hard chewy foods can be stuck in the wound and irritate the extracted area.

When is wisdom tooth extraction needed?

• At the point when knowledge teeth cause issues, or X-beams show they may down the line, they have to come out. Other valid justifications to take them out include:

• Harm to other teeth: That additional arrangement of molars can push your other teeth around, causing mouth torment and chomp issues.
• Jaw harm: Cysts can conform to the new teeth. On the off chance that they aren’t dealt with, they can dig out your jaw and harm nerves.
• Sinus Issues: Problems with shrewdness teeth can prompt sinus torment, weight, and blockage.
• Excited Gums: Tissue around the zone can grow and might be difficult to clean.
• Infection: Swollen gums can make pockets between teeth that assist microbes with developing and holes structure.
• Arrangement: Impacted insight teeth can cause issues with swarming of other teeth and even make treatment to fix other teeth important.