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Food stuck in wisdom tooth extraction site?
You can try to flick it out with your tongue but if that hurts, fill a glass with warm water and add a teaspoon of salt, stir water then rinse your mouth with it. (Try not to swallow the water.)
How do you stop cheek swelling i didn't get my wisdom teeth out and I'm pretty sure I'm not allergic to anything i woke up and my cheek and a little bit of my neck hurt and my cheek was swelling?
The cheek swelling was caused by bacterial infection, which food debris to the periodontal pocket of your wisdom tooth resulted in. Usually metronidazole and cefaclor should be taken orally about one week. The wisdom tooth need to be pulled out until the cheek swelling cure.
Why does it hurt to sallow when your wisdom tooth is cummin in?
Well food ends up touching the tooth. The tooth brand knew and not as strong as your other teeth. Also it might be from the tooth growing and breaking tissue in your gums.
If the gum around one a wisdom tooth is a little loose but the wisdom teeth otherwise seem perfectly fine what should be done about it?
Quite often, a piece of gum tissue overlies the wisdom tooth which is partially through. Keep the area as clean as possible, otherwise attend your dental checkups as recommended so your dentist can keep it under observation. If the loose gum is causing you pain or severe irritation, then the wisdom tooth may need to come out, but it sounds unlikely from what you describe. There is no need to have wisdom teeth removed, unless they are causing problems such as pain, swelling, infection, decay in the tooth in front etc. Very often, the risks of wisdom tooth removal outweigh the benefits. Sometimes a wisdom tooth does not erupt completely, and creates an extension of gum called operculum. While eating and chewing on food, this operculum can be irritated and infected causing a pericoronitis. This condition has signs of intense pain, redness, a bad smell and a difficulty of opening the mouth. If the operculum does not go away, it is advised to extract the wisdom tooth to prevent complications of the pericoronitis. Under certain conditions, if the wisdom tooth has erupted, but an operculum is still present, it is possible to make an operculectomy, which is the removal of the extension of the gum itself without extracting the tooth.
Why is your lower wisdom tooth oozing?
They need to be extracted, your jawline does not have enough room for your wisdom teeth and therefore behind your wisdom teeth, food is getting trapped and pus is oozing. Go to the dentist soon.
What happens if food gets into a tooth extraction hole?
If you get food into a tooth extraction hole, it can cause pain, infection, and decrease the healing time. Your doctor should have given you a syringe that you can use to squirt water into the hole to get any food out.
How do you differentiate infection and eruption of a wisdom tooth?
I had all my wisdom teeth until I was 32. About a month ago I got a real bad jaw ache on my right side and my teeth got really sensitive. I used ice packs and pain meds for aboout 2 days and made an appt with the oral surgeon, I finally could not take the pain anymore. He told me that the impacted wisdom tooth will form a gap between itself and the 2nd molar which allows food and bacteria to grow and become infected...by the time you begin to feel the pain, the infection is already manifested and needs to be treated with an antibiotic. You'll know , trust me I had been having pain in my lower left wisdom tooth for 2 days....On the third day the pain got so bad that I just could not take it anymore..I went to the dentist and found out that I had gotten an infection in it....With the pain you will know
Why does your dentist recommend that you should have your wisdom teeth removed at 47-years-old even though you have had no problems?
A wisdom tooth may become impacted due to lack of space in the dental arch and its eruption is therefore prevented by gum, bone, another tooth or all three. Lack of space occurs because our jaws have become smaller (through evolution), we do not loose teeth through decay as frequently as in the past, and our diet is such that our teeth do not wear down as much. This impaction may cause saliva, bacteria and food particles to collect around an impacted wisdom tooth, causing it, or the next tooth to decay. It is very difficult to remove such decay. Pain and infection will usually insue. Also a asymptomatic wisdom tooth may over time slowly impinge on a branch of the facial nerve potentially causing progressive facial paralisis.
Can not flossing kill you?
Yes it can. Not flossing will leave food in between your teeth. That food will grow bacteria. That bacteria will eat away at your teeth and the roots will get infected. the infection, unless the tooth is removed or the infection is treated, will spread to your heart.
How can you remove food particles stuck between tooth and gum?
One way to remove food particles that are stuck between the teeth and gums is to have the teeth cleaned by a dentist. One can also try using dental floss to remove the particles.
What can you eat when your tooth really hurts and you do not want it to get out?
It is best to stay away from food and drink with extreme temperature variation i.e. hot and cold. Also, foods and drink with high amounts of sugar can irritate an open tooth or one with a large carious lesion (cavity). Soft moist foods will irritate dental pulps (nerves) the least when there may be traumatic occlusion present and an open tooth (dentin exposed). If there is a gum infection around a third molar (wisdom tooth) avoid salty foods as they will irritate the soft tissue.
Should you worry about food getting stuck in the socket where your wisdom teeth were pulled?
Just avoid foods that are hard and crunchy for about two weeks. This would include nuts and popcorn, that type of food. You are trying to avoid getting something stuck in the socket that could delay the healing process or cause an infection. Usually by two weeks, the gum tissue should close the socket (epithelize) so food will not be a concern. Unless you begin to feel increasing pain days after the extraction, don't worry about it. The sockets are usually self-cleansing. If you do feel increasing pain, call the surgeon and let him/her take a look. Follow their advice.
