Disimpaction Of Wisdom Teeth
- A person may have certain teeth which do not come out of their right place.This can be due to some physical barriers like other teeth or when the tooth in context is slightly crossed away from its original position. These teeth often remain inside the bone and cause pain or infection. This condition is called the Impacted wisdom teeth and teeth are called wisdom teeth or third molars.
- When the wisdom teeth do not completely break out, they remain unnoticed without any symptoms but sometimes they may develop into cysts or neoplasms.
- When the wisdom teeth break out partially, it can develop cavities or pericoronitis. In such case, removal of such impacted wisdom teeth is recommended.
- When there is a mismatch in the size of the teeth and the jaw, wisdom teeth become impacted. The classification of impacted wisdom teeth is done on the basis of direction of impaction, the depth of teeth compared to biting surface of adjacent teeth and the amount of the tooth’s crown extended through gum tissue or bone.
- The classification can also be done on the basis of the presence or absence of symptoms and disease.
- The presence of Wisdom teeth is often identified by screening in late teenage.
- A clinical examination and x-rays like panoramic radiographs would be performed as a part of screening.
- Screening commonly includes a clinical examination as well as x-rays such as panoramic radiographs.
- Antibiotics, local debridement or surgically removing the gum above the tooth can be done to treat the infection due to impacted wisdom teeth.
- Consequently, these treatments fail and patients develop recurrent symptoms. As a result, mostly wisdom tooth removal is the only treatment preferable. The risks of tooth removal are generally dependent on how difficult is the process of extraction. Therefore, when there is a high risk to the inferior alveolar nerve, only the crown of tooth is removed and the procedure is called a coronectomy. Coronectomy results in chronic infection that can persist from the tooth remnants in the long run.
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