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Should you use ice or heat to ease the pain of an infected wisdom tooth area?
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When does a wisdom tooth need to be surgically removed?
Wisdom tooth extraction requires an oral surgeon when the wisdom tooth is compacted, or when the area around the tooth is infected.
How do you clean the area after your wisdom tooth is pulled out?
Listerine.......... lots
What can happen if you don't fix an infected tooth?
If you have a tooth that has a a root canal, apio. , and a crown and is infected now in the bony area and it needs extraction what will happen if you ignore it too long?
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.
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.
Can you eat chocolate after wisdom teeth removal?
Provided it does not stay on the area where the tooth was and it is small and soft enough for you to chew, yes.
You had a tooth pulled what color should the area be?
black.......
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 happens during wisdom tooth surgery?
Wisdom tooth surgery is a common dental procedure where the third molars, also known as wisdom teeth, are removed. These teeth are located at the back of the mouth and often cause problems such as pain, infection, and overcrowding. After the surgery, patients can expect some swelling, pain, and bleeding in the affected area.
What harm could happen if infected tooth is removed before medicated?
The infection can and often will spread, both deeper into the now empty space where your tooth was (and into your gums, continuing as far as in can go, sometimes reaching your heart) and around the area where your tooth once was. No respecting dentist will ever remove a tooth without at least trying to kill or reduce the infection, first. You should not be trying this yourself at home, either.
You have got pain in your wisdom tooth very much what you do?
Wisdom tooth pericoronitis treatment and managementThere are several considerations in managing wisdom tooth pericoronitis which include the severity of the case, whether it is a recurrent problem and the possible complications involved.Initial treatment is aimed at resolving the symptoms. Food debris in the infected area will be removed from under the gum flap by gentle flushing with warm water or dilute hydrogen peroxide. Any dead tissues will be removed under anesthetic agent applied to the tissue.Your dentist will then instruct you to rest at home, keep the mouth clean using warm saltwater mouthwash and drink fluids to avoid dehydration.Your dentist may prescribe you antibiotics, particularly when there is fever and enlarged lymph nodes. Penicillin or penicillin and metronidazole will be given and should be taken according to instructions.Another appointment may be made for further irrigation of the affected area and once the symptoms have resolved, further assessment is done. The position of the affected tooth, its relationship to the second molar and any complicating factors will be determined by using X-rays.If X-rays show that the third molar is badly misplaced, impacted or decayed, it should be extracted after inflammation has subsided.If the tooth is to be retained, the operculum is removed, especially when an upper tooth is biting on the flap and to allow proper cleaning of the area.http://www.intelligentdental.com/2009/12/02/wisdom-tooth-pain-pericoronitis/
When getting a normal tooth not a wisdom tooth pulled is it okay to smoke weed?
Yes you can, you only might get an infection. It might hurt but shiv happens, i have done it and it didn't do any thing to me. The reason why you are not supposed to smoke anything after getting a wisdom tooth pulled is because smoking dries out the newly exposed gum area, which is not good for its healing. So it probably is the same for a regular tooth; just wait a few days to a week.
