What Happens If You Wait Too Long To Get Wisdom Teeth Out?

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So your dentist recommends wisdom teeth removal, but you are hesitating since it is not causing any problems. You don’t have to get them out if they are healthy, erupted in the right position, do not cause any problems to the adjacent teeth, and able to be cleaned as part of daily oral hygiene practices. However, most of the time, wisdom teeth do not get enough room in the jaw-line, so they get impacted and cause a lot of oral problems. You wouldn’t want to risk your oral health. As it impacts your oral health, dentists recommend wisdom teeth removal Sydney before they become worse and trouble adjacent teeth.  

Erupting wisdom teeth can grow in the following angles:-

• A wisdom tooth can be completely hidden within the gums because there is no space. If they are not emerging at the right position, they can be trapped under the gum. This condition is called impaction and it can result in impaction or can cause a cyst around the area which can damage the roots and bone of other teeth.
• A wisdom tooth can partially emerge through the gums. Since partially emerged tooth is hard to see and clean, it can create a passageway in which the bacteria can seep through. As a result, it leads to infection and gum disease.
• Impacted wisdom teeth can crowd nearby teeth. If the wisdom teeth don’t have room to develop in the right position, they crowd and cause serious damages to the adjacent teeth.

For these reasons, dentists prefer removing the wisdom teeth that don’t and won’t emerge in the right position. In fact, it is best to remove your wisdom teeth. You don’t have to worry about the wisdom teeth removal price Sydney as it is affordable. Some dentists even offer discount for removing all four wisdom teeth in the same sitting.

Most of the dentists believe it is better to remove wisdom teeth at younger age before the roots and bones are fully formed, and the recovery will be quick. This is why some teens and adults pull out their wisdom teeth Sydney before the teeth cause oral problems.

Wisdom teeth removal is necessary if you experience these changes in the area of those teeth:-

• Pain
• Infection in the soft tissue behind the lower last tooth
• Cysts
• Damage to adjacent teeth
• Gum disease
• Extensive tooth decay

The decision to remove your wisdom teeth should not be done by you. The dentist is the right person to determine whether you can have wisdom teeth or pull them out. If you feel that you are having wisdom teeth, visit your dentist. The dentist will examine your mouth, take an x-ray image, and find out the exact position and status of your wisdom teeth. By analysing certain factors, your dentist will let you know the possible treatment.