Making Room For Your Teeth

Conditions indicating the need for wisdom teeth extraction include:

• Wisdom teeth not fully erupted into the mouth, making them susceptible to infection and difficult to clean.
• Crowding of teeth and misalignment resulting from not enough room in the mouth for the teeth.
• A higher risk of cyst and tumor from wisdom teeth that stay impacted.
• Increased incidence of periodontal/gum disease and increased susceptibility to cavities due to the difficulty in cleaning wisdom teeth properly.

Surgical removal of wisdom teeth is much easier in the late teen years and early twenties. This surgery is commonly performed with IV sedation, and recovery is usually within three to seven days.