“Do I need to have my wisdom teeth removed?”
All of my wisdom teeth came in, and they're all kind of painful (the pain is really on and off). Do I really need to have them removed? What happens if I don't have them removed?
13 Answers
What did your dentist say? You will likely need them removed.
Get a consultation with your general dentist and then she/he will decide if you need an oral surgeon
You need to remove
It depends on whether you have enough room for your wisdom teeth to erupt fully. If not, they become impacted and require surgical removal.
It is important to have a complete exam with a panoramic X-ray to evaluate the condition of your wisdom teeth. Not always are extractions needed.
Most likely. The recurrent pain is probably from infections that keep recurring, and these could get worse or cause irreversible damage to the teeth in front of them.
I would say yes due to the teeth being symptomatic (causing pain). Usually, these teeth are removed due to the inability to easily floss and clean and cause gum disease.
If the wisdom teeth are causing you pain, we recommend to have them taken out. Due to the fact that they are the furthest back teeth, they become hard to clean, tend to have cavities, and space is limited in that area. The younger you are, the easier the process and quicker the healing process.
If there is room for them, then determining why they hurt helps us decide to remove them. If they are functional, partly impacted, hard to maintain cleanliness, any periodontal picketingvaround the crowns of the teeth all help decide their fate.
Yes you probably should have them out. You are probably experiencing pericoronitis, inflammation/infection under the tissue of a partially erupted molar. It’s easier to have all 4 out at one time.
Remove them early before infection sets in the area. It is a very painful condition and makes removal complicated.
A few generations ago, most people could tolerate wisdom teeth erupting if they came in and good position, but anthropologists tell us the job is getting shorter by generation so the likelihood of problems with wisdom teeth increase. It's generally good preventive dentistry to have them removed at about 18 years of age. If you leave them much longer than that, you're going to experience problems, of course this is an individual possibility.
This is a good question and you will find many different opinions on the need to remove wisdom teeth. Most important are how are they impacted and where are they relative to the next tooth forward, the second molar. You do not want to keep the wisdom teeth if there is a chance that they will lead to damage in the second molars later on.
