What is Wisdom Tooth?

An impacted tooth (wisdom tooth) is a tooth that is restricted or failed to grow for some reason through the gum.  They are most commonly seen in the third molars at the back of the mouth and have no space to grow normally. Generally, four third molars (wisdom teeth) people will have, two at the top and two at the bottom. [caption id="attachment_1336" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Types of Dental Impaction[/caption] Impacted wisdom teeth are the last permanent teeth growing in the life of a person. It can cause pain, damage to its nearest teeth, and related dental problems. When the impacted tooth causes pain, it is surgically removed and the removal requires much more effort than the normal tooth extraction since the majority of the tooth remains embedded in the Mandibular bone (lower jaw), leaving only very little tooth substance in the oral cavity. An impacted wisdom tooth either partially appears over the gum (partially impacted) or never appears but hidden inside the gum (fully impacted). The impacted tooth grows pointing toward the next tooth (second molar) or pointing towards the back of the mouth or grows at an angle toward the back of the mouth, or toward the right side of the other teeth or straight upward or downward but kept trapped inside the jawbone.

Symptoms of Impacted tooth

Though generally impaction causes pain, red and swollen gums, bad breath or a bad taste in the mouth, pain while opening, chewing, or biting,  very often causes no pain and only an X-ray report can reveal the exact condition.

Impacted premolar for the elderly!

[caption id="attachment_1338" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Impacted-premolar-Balram[/caption] We happened to have treated a rare of the rarest impacted premolar case at Jerush dental and facial corrective centre. Mr. Balaram (name changed), aged 59 with an impacted premolar approached us for treatment. Throbbing and pulsating inflammation every now and then was his reason to visit us. An x-ray clearly showed the impacted condition of his tooth. All precautionary measures meant for the extraction of an elderly patient were followed before surgically removing the impacted tooth. Balram smiled at us with gratitude.