Anyone that has already been through the experience of the moment wisdom teeth decide to make an impact on your life, and they invariably do at some point, it can be quite a traumatic few weeks in your life in the City of London. Some people may get off relatively lightly, for if after an x-ray, it reveals that the teeth are growing quite normally and it’s just a matter of waiting until they come through, then chewing gum, a few light herbal remedies and the taking of painkillers should be enough to get you through comfortably, fairly pain free and without having to have the teeth extracted. But not all wisdom teeth behave themselves like this and if they cannot grow freely, they can go off in all directions and may never show at all, in these cases, extraction is inevitable. This is operation is best done at the hospital, as the forces imposed on the jaws and head to remove a wisdom tooth are incredible and the mouth is very vulnerable to infection afterwards. In fact, if an extraction is not carried out correctly, serious life threatening complications can set in very quickly. Only in hospital can recovery be monitored properly, especially with multiple extractions. Once out of hospital, there will be pain attached to the healing process which will require painkillers and/or natural remedies such as clove oil to help in the recovery, along with attention to detail when it comes to oral hygiene.

When your wisdom teeth start to develop and break through into the mouth, it can be a very painful time indeed, (bare that in mind when you have children). In some cases, the teeth will not show themselves at all, choosing to grow in all manner of directions under the gums- this can be quite a dangerous time too. But help is on hand in the city of London if you take precautions. On average, wisdom teeth develop when you reach 17 years of age, so it’s a good time to ready yourself for the event. Your dentist will be aware of this too and will monitor the progress of the growth. If the teeth are growing normally, it’s a matter of waiting until they erupt. You can apply herbal oils such as clove oil, chew gum and take painkillers to sooth the moment, but once the tooth is through, care should be taken to treat the tooth and gums, as they are very vulnerable to bacteria and acids that linger in the mouth. If the pain is very bad, treatment should be sought. However, with a wisdom tooth that is impacted and not showing, an extraction may be required. In most cases, this is done at the hospital under a general anesthetic and with all four being extracted at once. This is a very dangerous operation. Wisdom teeth are deep rooted into the jaw, and the forces needed to remove them, great. It places great stress on the rest of teeth in the mouth and the surrounding nerves in the face and head, and can affect the sinuses and hearing. Post extraction requires monitoring and good oral hygiene as this is the time when the mouth is open season for bacterial infection.

Wisdom tooth is a very well known phenomenon. It is quite often that you will hear about someone complaining about their wisdom tooth giving them a hard time. Wisdom tooth are located in the molar region and are placed right at the end of the whole set of teeth. All through our lives wisdom teeth play a lesser role and it is only when the pain comes that you realize their existence.

Wisdom teeth are the last to erupt in the mouth and are technically known as 2nd molars. There are four wisdom teeth, two in the upper and two in the lower jaw. There are chances that the molars do not emerge until your late teens which may be owing to the lack of room for the teeth to emerge and develop. There are certain ways in which wisdom teeth may cause you problems namely,

• Gum disease: The gum disease mainly arises from the accumulation of food particles around the wisdom tooth. Since they are partially above the gums it becomes difficult to clean the teeth and keep them in a hygienic state. Normally the ailment is accompanied by swelling and pain around the teeth
• Impacted: It is common that your wisdom teeth do not find ample space to grow and develop. This results in the tooth projecting at an awkward angle causing pain, swelling and bleeding.
• Decay: There is also a chance that the wisdom tooth may decay unnoticed owing to their position in the mouth.
• Crowding: The emerging tooth can also damage the already existing teeth in surrounding area causing them to fall off or damage them structurally.

So it is always important that you visit your London dentist as soon as your begin to have problems with your wisdom tooth.

A dry socket usually occurs when the blood clot is lost from the extraction site in the mouth after a tooth was removed. They usually occur more frequently at the lower wisdom teeth extraction sites than the upper wisdom teeth extraction sites. Your Central London dentist can give you advice about how to prevent a dry socket from occurring, and help treat a dry socket if it does occur. Prior and post oral surgery instruction will be given to you both orally and written if you are to have a tooth or teeth removed. Your Central London dentist will tell you to: keep the dental gauze in place that he places after the extraction for 20-30 minutes; eat soft foods and drink a lot of liquids for a few days; do not smoke as the sucking will dislodge the blood clot and the smoke in your mouth will change the bleed vessels in your gums and cause the blood clot to shrink to fast; and do not use alcoholic beverages as they will help to dissolve the blood clot. Also, medications that cause bleeding, such as ibuprofen, should not be used, but instead to use Tylenol-based products. Dental patients should also be told not to pick at the blood clot if they see excess tissue at the site area, as this will resorb itself during healing. Patients should not eat any hard or sharp foods like chips, as these might cut into the blood clot and get stuck in the extraction site and delay proper healing. If the blood clot is lost, a dry socket will occur, and this means that the extraction site will have to heal from the inside outwards. If you are in a lot of pain from a dry socket, you should visit your Central London dental clinic, and have a medicated dressing placed inside the extraction site to help deaden the nerve pain. You may need as many as three such treatments until your extraction site is healed. Dry sockets are not just limited to the wisdom teeth areas, and can occur following the extraction of any tooth/teeth. Make sure you follow your dentist’s directions to avoid this unpleasant experience.

At the London Dental Clinic, your oral surgery problems can be addressed and treated. There are several situations that require oral surgery. These include the extraction of teeth and the treatment and extraction of impacted wisdom teeth (i.e., third molars). More often than not, there is not enough room in the mouth for wisdom teeth to fully erupt. If they don’t half enough room, that will become impacted either in the soft tissue and/or the hard bony tissue. They can cause damage to the second molars, become infected, or cysts and tumours can form around them. So, it is highly recommended that you have these teeth removed. Canine teeth and premolars can also become impacted, and will require extraction in many cases.
If you are missing a tooth or several teeth, oral surgery is used to place an implant(s). Dental implant patients should have enough bone for the dental implant to be placed. You London dental clinic will perform the necessary examinations to see if you are a good candidate for dental implant(s). Oral surgery can also help correct uneven jaw growth problems, broken jaws, temopo-mandibular joint problems, and can also help with denture fit. Additional problems that can be treated with oral surgery are lacerations of the mouth, the removal of dental lesions that require a biopsy, infections of the face, repair of cleft lip and palate, and sleep apnoea and snoring problems. Visit your London dental clinic to learn more!