When you or a member of your family is approaching their late teens or early 20s, this is the perfect time to see us for wisdom tooth extraction. With oral surgery, we can prevent your third molars from erupting and compromising your smile. In today’s blog, your Celina, TX, dentist talks about taking on your wisdom teeth with oral surgery! Our team can take these teeth out before they pose a threat to your smile, keeping your smile even and beautiful for years to come.
Your Third Molars
Let’s talk about your wisdom teeth for a bit. These are additional molars that will erupt as you enter adulthood, and when they do, there is likely no room for them. At one point, they served a purpose, but at this stage they simply harm your overall oral health and even the appearance of your smile.
The Complications of Eruption
When these teeth erupt, there is little room for them, so they may only partially erupt, leading to painful impaction. They could damage nearby teeth and leave them vulnerable to tooth decay and even dental infection. They could crowd your smile too, creating misalignment that alters the health and beauty of your smile. If you have completed orthodontic treatment, this could undo your results too! Instead of letting your oral health and smile beauty suffer, we would love to extract these teeth before they even erupt, preserving your smile as it is.
Planning Your Tooth Extraction
To address wisdom teeth, we need to extract them from your smile. Our team will plan this procedure in detail. To begin, we will take detailed digital images of your bite from multiple angles, and then take digital x-rays of the inertia so we can assess the positions of the wisdom teeth into the jaw. We then plan the removal to ensure we don’t interact with nerve tissues, sinus cavities, or blood vessels. We want this to be a quick and comfortable procedure, one that doesn’t cause long-term issues for you.
Keeping You Comfortable
We know the idea of oral surgery can induce anxiety in some, and we want to take steps to help ensure you stay comfortable and relaxed, even if you have dental anxiety or special needs that could complicate treatment otherwise. Our team could administer a local anesthetic to the area directly. We also have dental sedation, such as nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, and IV sedation, which can help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, often with little to no memory of the procedure at all. Your experience should be a comfortable and positive one, and we work to make that a reality for all of our patients!
Tooth Extraction
Once you are comfortable and prepared, we will gently open the gums above these teeth so we can access and remove them with a pair of forceps. For some, this could take as little as half-hour to complete. We then suture the area closed. You should have a friend or family member on hand to take you home, as sedation takes time to wear off completely. You will need to rest for the next day or two to ensure a clot forms and that the area heals without complication!
Healing
Our team will provide prescriptions for medications to aid in the healing process and to help you stay comfortable too. You should avoid straw use, eat soft foods, and be very gentle when you brush and floss. Be sure you rest and avoid activity for the next 24 to 48 hours. We will remove your sutures in a follow-up visit. Our team could also extract teeth too damaged or decayed to treat with a restoration, or to improve bite balance or make room for orthodontic treatment.
If you have any questions about how we extract your wisdom teeth, or if you would like to make an appointment for this in early 2026, then please reach out to our team today to get started. We look forward to hearing from you and starting you on the road to better oral health. Our team provides care for the whole family, from the youngest to the oldest members, and that acre starts with a simple checkup and cleaning visit, so we hope to see you all soon!
Celina Family Dentistry Can Remove Your Wisdom Teeth
Our team wants to prevent the complications of your third molars with oral surgery, so you can enjoy optimal smile health and beauty, and avoid complications with bite function and long-term oral health too. To set aside a time for your next appointment, please call Celina Family Dentistry in Celina, TX at (214) 851-0130 today.
