Wisdom teeth growth can often be a painful and distressing experience for anyone. Wisdom teeth cause many people problems, and they feel they need treating and sometimes extracting completely.

In some cases wisdom teeth may not need to be extracted and can be managed and treated without the need for a surgical option. Although if the wisdom teeth become a problem and erupt in a disorderly fashion, and start to impact on the teeth around the wisdom teeth, this can cause more complex problems, and the need for extraction becomes the only option.

In most cases people start to develop their wisdom teeth or third molars between the ages of 17 and 24, but they can occur at any time after this also. The reason that wisdom teeth cause many people problems is that there is not enough room in the jaw to support them fully, so they start to grow sideways and into the other teeth around them, which can lead to unbearable toothache and more complex teeth problems for the surrounding teeth as well as the wisdom teeth.

Wisdom teeth can cause gum disease, infection, cyst development, and even in some cases tumours, if they do not erupt properly and become interrupted. If you are experiencing facial swelling, severe toothache at the back of your mouth or intense pain that can also radiate to the ears and/or throat, then this can be because of wisdom teeth.

With wisdom teeth removal, if that is what your dentist decides is the best option for you, they will more than likely place you under IV sedation, this will prevent you from feeling little to no pain, leaving you happier and satisfied that this has been rectified while you have no recollection of the process undergone. If you feel that sedation dentistry isn’t for you there are other options for the treatment of your wisdom teeth, if you contact your dentist they will be more than happy to discuss these with you.