Is Wisdom Teeth Affecting Your Health In Any Ways?Wisdom Teeth are 3rd molars that appears between 17 and 25 of age. The name wisdom came from the fact that people are a bit more in age and should have some wisdom by then. You could have them impacted, sideway, partially or completely erupted.
Signs, Symptoms - Sometimes, there is no symptom, no pain or discomfort
- Swelling or inflammation of the gum
- Pain
- Bleeding
- Oozing This are the most commons signs. Most Dentist will recommend that you have impacted teeth removed. The reasons: - May prevent surgical procedure later on.
- They can grow sideways.
- Disrupt the incisors alignment and make them crowded.
- Do not seem to fulfill a functional role in the mouth.
- Prevent any possible complications
The best time to remove them is when they start to appear or around the adolescence period. They can easily be seen with an X-ray by your Dentist.
What to expect after an extraction - It will probably be painful.
- Some bleeding
- Oozing or dry socket.
- It should be completely healed within 2 weeks.
Dry socket's definition A Dry socket happens after a tooth extraction when the blood cloth formed in the cavity is removed or fall off. Your Dentist will tell you what to do and may prescribe medication in topical form. Normally, Dry socket do not create complication and heal very shortly in 1 to 2 weeks.
New Dentistry discovery Some studies made in Japan in 2008, revealed that scientists were able to successfully extract stem cells from Wisdom Teeth. This great discovery is a very important one because third molars extraction is a very common type of oral surgery. Anyone now, can request that the stem cells from their own molars teeth be harvested, isolated and saved in case they ever need stem cells in the future.
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