For people in their late teens and early 20s, wisdom teeth could erupt and provide serious problems for the health, function, and overall appearance of your bite. To avoid these issues, such as a painful impaction, we could extract the wisdom teeth. In today’s blog, Celina Family Dentistry talks about our approach to preventing wisdom tooth impaction with an extraction.
The Risks of Erupting Wisdom Teeth
What happens to our smiles when wisdom teeth erupt? Over the millennia, our smiles have changed and no longer accommodate these new teeth ever well. Simply put, there is no room for them! So, their arrival means that there may only be room for a painful partial eruption known as an impaction. There could be pressure on nearby teeth, which could manage them and leave them vulnerable to painful dental infections. Your teeth could shift too, which creates misalignment to increase the risk of tooth decay and gum disease. The health, function, and appearance of your smile can all change in negative ways! If you have completed orthodontic treatment, the arrival of these teeth could undo all that hard work. To avoid this, we will simply remove them before they even erupt!
Planning the Tooth Extraction
If you are someone in your family is approaching adulthood, then talk to our team about their third molars. We will examine the smile with a digital x-ray to peer beneath the gums and identify the position of the teeth, so we can plan treatment with precision. We want to know where the tooth is and ensure that in the extraction process, we will avoid contact with blood vessels, nerve tissues, or sinus cavities.
Our team will then numb the smile and can offer sedation to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, with no memory of the procedure. This is possible even if you have dental anxiety or special needs that complicate the ability to undergo care. We then open the gums above the teeth so we can access and remove them with a pair of forceps. We then suture the area closed, and a friend or family member can take you home.
Protecting Your Smile
Once home, you will follow the detailed aftercare instructions we provide, and take any medications prescribed, all to help facilitate a fast and effective healing period. We can remove futures in the follow-up visit, and then monitor your smile to ensure proper healing. If you have any questions about how we conduct a tooth extraction, then contact our team today to learn more!
Celina Family Dentistry Prevents Wisdom Tooth Extraction
Our team wants to help safeguard your oral health with oral surgery. To avoid major oral health complications, please call Celina Family Dentistry in Celina, TX at (214) 851-0130 today.
