For older teens and people in early adulthood, wisdom teeth could erupt that harm oral health and lead to major trouble. But we can help by talking these out before they even erupt and endanger your smile. In today’s blog, your team at Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO, talks about saving smiles with wisdom tooth extraction.
The Risks of Third Molars
Also known as third molars, these will erupt as you enter adulthood, and could cause serious trouble for your smile. There is often little room in your smile to accommodate these teeth, so when they arrive this can cause teeth to shift, creating misalignment that increases the risk of tooth decay and gum disease, and also changes the appearance of your smile. If you have completed orthodontic treatment, this could undo these results!
These could only have room to partially erupt, creating a painful infection. Their arrival is also linked to infections and damaged teeth. But to save your smile, we can remove wisdom teeth.
The Tooth Extraction Process
How do we extract your third molars? Our team will look at the smile with digital x-rays, which use 90% less radiation and provide detailed images of your bite, so we can assess the exact position of the teeth in question. We can then plan the removal to ensure we do not encounter blood vessels, nerve tissues, or sinus cavities. Our team will open the gums above these teeth so we can access them, and then we gently remove them with a pair of forceps. For some, this could be done in as little as a half-hour. We could remove all four of them, or less in some cases. Every smile is unique, so we take a personalized approach when we save smiles from wisdom teeth with a tooth extraction!
Ensuring Your Comfort During Your Tooth Removal
We want to ensure your procedure is a comfortable process! Our team will numb the area directly with a local anesthetic. But we also have dental sedation. We can recommend options like nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, or even IV sedation to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, with little to no memory of the procedure at all. If you have any questions about how we save smiles from wisdom teeth with a tooth extraction, or if you want to schedule one now for yourself or your teen, then contact our team today to learn more.
Schedule Your Appointment for Third Molar Extraction
If you want to prevent wisdom tooth impaction, then talk about tooth extraction with Dr. Diana Tabakh, DDS. To schedule your appointment, please call Delightful Dental Care in Kansas City, MO at (816) 942-7669 today.