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How can you tell the difference between pain and infection from wisdom teeth?
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∙ 14y ago
Unless there is a nerve exposed, the pain typically comes from an infection. Depending on the circumstances, most dentist will not work on the tooth until the infection is taken care of first. The patient is usually given an antibiotic, which will take care of the infection, thus reducing the pain.
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Can removing the wisdom teeth release sinus pressure?
Only if the wisdom teeth are causing an infection to drain into the sinus, which is extremely rare.
Can your wisdom teeth become infected while they are surfacing and if so how can you tell the difference between the pain from wisdom teeth surfacing and infection?
The dentist will know better if you have a periapical x-ray of the wisdom tooth area and will immediately confirm the infection of tooth. Yes, it can become infected around the gums while coming in. That is pretty common. The best thing to do is keep it very clean. This will be a bit painful at first, but then as it gets clean, it will feel better. Your best option is to go to a dentist and most likely have them removed. Very few people have room for their wisdom teeth. You can tell the difference between pain from erupting and pain from an infection because pain from eruption will be pretty much constant and not too many things will make it better.
What is the difference between molars and wisdom teeth?
Molars come first. Wisdom teeth are the last natural teeth to appear in the mouth. Wikipedia explains: "They are generally thought to be called wisdom teeth because they appear so late-much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably 'wiser' than as a child, when the other teeth erupt."
Why do you have to have your wisdom teeth extracted when they come in?
Wisdom teeth should be extracted when they push and damage the 7th tooth while they grow, also when they develop a cyst or cause an infection, and wisdom teeth are removed if they're causing problems with prosthesis. Here's an interesting video about wisdom tooth extraction.
Can you get a wisdom tooth infection even if you have taken medicine?
Yes, you can. An infection in your wisdom tooth is signaled by foul taste in your mouth, bad persistance breath, pain in your teeth, headache, fever and chills (at advanced stage infection).
Your tongue is bruised after you had your wisdom teeth removed Why?
It could be because an infection has travelled to your tongue. I had the same problem.
Can Impacted lower wisdom teeth cause tender and aching neck glands?
Yes, if there is imflammation or infection.
Difference between wisdom tooth extraction and surgery?
Extraction is numbing your area and pulling your tooth. Surgery is having incisions and usually be put out to get teeth out.
When can a wisdom tooth be removed?
Wisdom teeth usually begin to surface during young adulthood, between ages 18 and 22. Oftentimes, dentists will tell patients with surfacing wisdom teeth that they need to be removed, since wisdom teeth can crowd existing teeth by forcing them to scrunch together.
What teeth are windsom teeth?
Wisdom teeth are the last of the adult teeth to come through the gum, usually between the ages of 18-25. Some people never develop any wisdom teeth whilst others develop one wisdom tooth in each of their four dental arches.
Mom had oral surgery and had wisdom teeth removed What can she do for the infection besides meds?
get medications, or ask doc fo advce
How do you get wisdom teeth?
You get wisdom teeth gradually as you get older. Normally this is between the ages of 17-21 but can happen any time bettween your late teens to your early 20s
