Wisdom Teeth
Removal
in Ellenbrook

You should have your wisdom teeth removed for the following reasons:

• They may grow in sideways and put pressure against neighbouring teeth, causing them to shift.
• They may only partially emerge, allowing bacteria to thrive and cause infection.
• They may not erupt at all and just sit below the gums.

Fully impacted wisdom teeth are totally below the gum tissue, whereas partially erupted wisdom teeth break through the gum tissue but cannot fully emerge. Because there is an opening where bacteria can enter the tooth, a partial eruption is more likely to result in gum infection, gum disease, or tooth decay. The following symptoms characterize impacted teeth:

• Severe pain in the back of the mouth
• Pain or swelling in the gums
• Pain or stiffness in the jaw
• Sensitivity around the partially erupted tooth
• Headaches

We may recommend the extraction of your impacted wisdom teeth if they cause symptoms or dental issues. It is usually an outpatient procedure.

Your dentist may use anaesthesia during the surgery, such as local anaesthetic to numb your mouth, sedation anaesthesia to relax you and block discomfort, or general anaesthesia to put you to sleep and make you feel nothing.

Before removing the tooth, the dentist will make a cut in your gums and remove any problematic bone. They’ll stitch the incision closed and cover it with gauze. The procedure usually takes about 30 minutes to an hour.

As you recover from surgery, you’ll gradually regain sensation in your mouth. It’s common to have some discomfort and swelling. There will be blood in your mouth on the first day of healing. You’ll be given directions on when and how to take prescribed pain medications.

We recommend that you have someone else drive you home, especially if you were administered general anaesthesia. After surgery, you can eat very soft foods, but you should avoid alcohol, caffeine, and smoking.

After wisdom tooth surgery, most people recover fully within three to four days. If your teeth were impacted or came in at the wrong angle, it may take a week for them to heal. The surgical wound won’t be completely healed for months, so an infection can still develop weeks after surgery. Take care of yourself and stay on the lookout for any infections.

We recommend getting your wisdom teeth removed between the ages of 16 and 20 since they do not have enough room to grow. Since the jaw is too small for the teeth to erupt naturally, they can grow at various angles, even horizontally.

Another reason to have an impacted tooth removed while you’re younger is that your wisdom tooth roots extend further as you get older. The bone that holds them in place gets denser. If teeth are extracted later, it may be more challenging and may take you longer to recover. Wisdom teeth extraction when you are younger may result in better results.