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Oral Surgery Dover DE: Wisdom Teeth, Sedation ORAL SURGEON Dover DE, Dover AFB DE, Little
Creek DE
Dover DENTAL PATIENT You are a Dentist in Dover DE. Tell me something. Do wisdom teeth
make a person have more wisdom? ORAL SURGEON Dover DE This is a joke, right?
Dover DENTAL PATIENT More like a wish. I’ll do anything to be smarter. DENTIST Dover DE
Talking to me will make you smarter. Dover DENTAL PATIENT Nice one.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Wisdom teeth don’t make you smarter. But knowing about wisdom
teeth will. Dover DENTAL PATIENT Okay, I’ll go with that.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Wisdom teeth usually appear during somebody’s later teens or
early twenties. They are the last set of molars to come in.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT So they saved the best for last?
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Not always. There’s often a problem with wisdom teeth.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT I knew it. There is such a thing as too much wisdom.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Actually - the problem is too little space. There often just isn’t
enough room for these teeth. They come in misaligned. They might be angled inwardly
or outwardly. Or lean toward or away from the adjacent set of molars. They can be crowding
the other teeth, and end up damaging those teeth, the jawbone, and even the nerves.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT That’s really nervy of them.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE If they lean toward the adjacent teeth, they can cause decay since
there isn’t enough room to keep the area clean.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT Not good. ORAL SURGEON Dover DE All of this may also
lead to periodontal disease and also can make your existing teeth crooked.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT Really not good. ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Of course, sometimes
the wisdom teeth never fully come out, usually because of inadequate space.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT That’s good, right? ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Not good. This creates
a different problem. They stay trapped in the soft tissue. Teeth partly or fully trapped
in this soft tissue or jawbone are called impacted.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT Impacted doesn’t sound like something I want.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE I would think not. For one thing, if partly exposed, it allows for
bacteria to enter around the tooth and cause an infection. Those teeth are also more likely
to suffer tooth decay because they’re harder to keep clean.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT But if you can’t really see the wisdom teeth - for example they may
not be out or fully out - how do you know there’s a problem?
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Your dentist will likely take X-rays to make sure you have wisdom teeth,
and determine how the alignment is looking. The dentist might also have you examined by
an oral surgeon. Dover DENTAL PATIENT Oral surgeon. I don’t
like the sound of that. Sometimes they take out wisdom teeth, right?
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE It’s actually fairly common. They might choose to remove the wisdom
teeth even before they fully become a problem. Dover DENTAL PATIENT Aren’t we getting a
little ahead of ourselves if we remove the wisdom teeth before they become a problem?
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Not really. Wisdom teeth are actually easier to remove when someone
is young, since the teeth roots are not fully formed and the bone isn’t as dense.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT It still sounds a little scary.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Some people feel scared because the teeth are all the way in the back.
But really most fear about removing wisdom teeth comes from years ago when I admit, methods
to remove teeth were pretty primitive. Dover DENTAL PATIENT And today -- removing
teeth is not as scary? ORAL SURGEON Dover DE Dental technology has
advanced tremendously over the years. With modern techniques and anesthetics, along with
sedation therapy, a fully erupted wisdom tooth can be removed as easily as any other tooth.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT That’s great news. But if the wisdom tooth isn’t out yet?
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE It will be a bit more involved. In that case, the tooth may be removed
in small sections. In the hands of a good dentist, removing a wisdom tooth is not a
problem. If you’re still worried, the dentist can offer you some sedation to deal with the
anxiety. Dover DENTAL PATIENT How fast can someone
be back at work or school after such a surgery?. ORAL SURGEON Dover DE We usually suggest the
person to take the rest of the day off ,sometimes the next day as well. But with proper treatment,
there is no major down time, or discomfort after the operation
Dover DENTAL PATIENT So bottom line. Keeping the wisdom tooth doesn’t make me smarter.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE No. You are smarter to remove the wisdom tooth if it is a problem.
Dover DENTAL PATIENT That was clever turning of words.
ORAL SURGEON Dover DE I do what I can. Dover DENTAL PATIENT I like to keep my visit
to the dentist regular so that I stay informed about my oral health. If you have not visited
your Dentist for a while, call your local dentist in Dover DE and get your teeth examination.
Prevention is always better and cheaper than cure.
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