Sundries about Wisdom teeth

What about the wisdom teeth?

Wisdom teeth are the third molars or molars on the top and bottom, which is placed at the very back of the mouth. Known as wisdom teeth, because usually when a person matures in age from 17 to 21 years or older, so it is considered enough to get some "wisdom". Wisdom teeth are good for you and are in the correct position, or wisdom teeth which are still buried in the jaw will not cause any problems.

Failure teeth to produce well in line ranks known as an impacted tooth or teeth that do not grow. In reality, any tooth can become impacted, only the most experienced the wisdom teeth. If you are not in the right position and function, the tooth will be considered to be revoked for causing impaired mastication, closing the mouth, the teeth become uncomfortable, headache, and presence of a foul odor due to trapped food scraps.

What caused the problem with the wisdom teeth?

At the time of growth, wisdom teeth could probably work out half of your gums as a way out so that the teeth can cause gum tissue to grow over that covered almost half of the tooth were growing. The maturation of the wisdom teeth are not perfect and cannot be trapping the rest of the food consumed and if not properly cleaned can develop the potential for infection in the gums around the teeth that will grow.

Wisdom teeth can also appear in a tilted position or misdirected. If your jaw is not big enough to provide space, wisdom teeth can have a devastating effect because it is not able to penetrate the gum you to get the right position to grow. You may have difficulty either when cleaning around wisdom teeth, because teeth are placed so far in the back of your mouth and are at a slant.

What are the symptoms that can come up in problematic wisdom teeth?

Wisdom teeth often do not have any symptoms when under normal circumstances. Nevertheless, there are some symptoms that indicate your wisdom teeth need to be removed or taken care, among others:

    Pain or stiffness in the jaw around wisdom teeth, hence that was difficult and or pain when opening the mouth.

    Pain or irritation of the teeth that come at the wrong position when brushing your cheek, tongue, upper and lower mouth.

    Infected swelling in the gum tissue above the teeth penetrate the gums.

    Incidence of dental caries (cavities) in the emerging wisdom teeth or molars in front of the wisdom teeth as a termination of the oblique position of the wisdom teeth.

Most problems will get wisdom teeth at the age between 15 and 25 years. Few people older than age 30 years may see problems that wisdom teeth need to be removed.

How wisdom teeth problems can be diagnosed?

The dental practitioner will examine your teeth and gums for signs of emerging wisdom teeth and to determine the exact position of the growth of wisdom teeth. You would be well counseled to do dental X-rays with the help of X-ray to determine whether your wisdom teeth will cause problems for now or may issue in the future.

How do I fix this?

The most usual treatment for wisdom teeth to overcome the problem is by removal or tooth extraction. Experts differ about the decision to pull out wisdom teeth do not cause symptoms or problems later on. 

Nevertheless, oral surgeons generally agree that pulling wisdom teeth are easier to do at the young age, usually before age 20 because the roots of the teeth and jaw bones have not fully developed. After age 20, the jaw bones tend to be harder, and healing generally takes longer.