Englewood Dental Office
The four wisdom teeth, or third molars as they are really known, are the last adult teeth to erupt and usually make their appearance between the ages of 17 – 24. Our dentist in our
Englewood dental office often recommends that these final teeth be removed when a problem arises. Wisdom teeth should be removed when they are causing a crowding of the mouth, are impacted, come in at an angle, causing adjacent teeth to shift, food is lodging behind them or are causing infections, pain or discomfort. The human mouth was designed to hold 28 teeth comfortably and the four wisdom teeth bring the total up to 32, so for many people something has to go.
If one of the wisdom teeth is impacted or causing a problem many dentist recommend pulling all four. Our doctor in the
Englewood dental office extracts the wisdom teeth through a simple surgical procedure that is done on an outpatient basis in our office. To extract a wisdom tooth our doctor will first numb the tooth using a local anesthetic, if the patient is uncomfortable with the local anesthetic sedation or even general anesthesia can be used to put the patient to sleep during the procedure. Once the area is numb our doctor will make a small incision in the gum to expose the tooth and bone and then the doctor will remove and bone that blocks access to the tooth’s roots. Generally, the doctor will then break the tooth up into several pieces, which are easier to remove than the whole tooth at once. After the tooth has been removed the site will be cleaned to make sure there is no debris left from the tooth or bone and the wound is closed using a few stitches.
Our
Englewood dental office gives each patient specific instruction for follow-up care after the surgery. The wounds from the surgery generally heal quite quickly if the patient refrains from eating the wrong types of food and irritating the area. Any post-operative pain should be relatively mild and controlled by the use of over-the-counter pain relievers. So, be smart and lose a little wisdom by having your third molars extracted whenever it becomes necessary.
Teaneck Dentist
1008 Teaneck Road, Suite C
Teaneck, NJ 07666
(201) 719-9305
By Teaneck Dentist
July 31, 2017
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