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Oral Surgery Everett WA: Wisdom Teeth, Sedation ORAL SURGEON Everett WA, Marysville WA, 98203
WA
Everett DENTAL PATIENT You are a Dentist in Everett WA. Tell me something. Do wisdom teeth
make a person have more wisdom? ORAL SURGEON Everett WA This is a joke, right?
Everett DENTAL PATIENT More like a wish. I’ll do anything to be smarter. DENTIST Everett
WA Talking to me will make you smarter. Everett DENTAL PATIENT Nice one.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA Wisdom teeth don’t make you smarter. But knowing about wisdom
teeth will. Everett DENTAL PATIENT Okay, I’ll go with that.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA Wisdom teeth usually appear during somebody’s later teens or
early twenties. They are the last set of molars to come in.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT So they saved the best for last?
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA Not always. There’s often a problem with wisdom teeth.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT I knew it. There is such a thing as too much wisdom.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT That’s really nervy of them.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA If they lean toward the adjacent teeth, they can cause decay since
there isn’t enough room to keep the area clean.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT Not good. ORAL SURGEON Everett WA All of this may also
lead to periodontal disease and also can make your existing teeth crooked.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT Really not good. ORAL SURGEON Everett WA Of course, sometimes
the wisdom teeth never fully come out, usually because of inadequate space.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT That’s good, right? ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT Impacted doesn’t sound like something I want.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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.
Everett 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 Everett WA 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. Everett DENTAL PATIENT Oral surgeon. I don’t
like the sound of that. Sometimes they take out wisdom teeth, right?
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA It’s actually fairly common. They might choose to remove the wisdom
teeth even before they fully become a problem. Everett DENTAL PATIENT Aren’t we getting
a little ahead of ourselves if we remove the wisdom teeth before they become a problem?
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT It still sounds a little scary.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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. Everett DENTAL PATIENT And today -- removing
teeth is not as scary? ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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. Everett DENTAL PATIENT That’s great news.
But if the wisdom tooth isn’t out yet? ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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.
Everett DENTAL PATIENT How fast can someone be back at work or school after such a surgery?.
ORAL SURGEON Everett WA 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 Everett DENTAL PATIENT So bottom line. Keeping
the wisdom tooth doesn’t make me smarter. ORAL SURGEON Everett WA No. You are smarter
to remove the wisdom tooth if it is a problem. Everett DENTAL PATIENT That was clever turning
of words. ORAL SURGEON Everett WA I do what I can.
Everett 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 Everett WA and get your teeth examination. Prevention is always better and cheaper than
cure.
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