Wisdom Tooth Surgery

Wisdom teeth are the four very last teeth on each side of the jaw. These are the final teeth that grow during the late teenage years and early twenties. They are not extra teeth and if we have enough jaw size they grow properly and work very well.

As they are the last teeth to develop, normally the jaw has been occupied with other teeth and if the jaw size is not right, they can’t erupt in the right position so they become either impacted or half erupted. They tend to push against the front teeth to open space for themselves causing pain on the jaw or crowding of the front teeth.

Sometimes, in cases of poor oral hygiene, food gets stuck between the gum and a half-erupted tooth and gum swelling and a painful infection called as pericoronitis, can occur.

It is very important to keep the wisdom teeth clean as they tend to get more food impaction than other teeth and they are prone to decay earlier than other teeth.