Wisd om teeth which come out at the side of the jaw will change your smile. They can cause recurring ear irritation throat soreness and other discomforts until they are removed. Also, wisdom teeth can cause ear pain for a longer time.

Wisdom teeth can often be left in crooked or weakened teeth due to a lack of space between your jaw and in your mouth. They are the last permanent teeth to emerge from the mouth which makes removing them extremely hard.

What are impacted wisdom teeth?

Impacted wisdom teeth are molar teeth situated at the back of the mouth and do not have enough space to emerge or develop normally.

These wisdom teeth are the last teeth to come into the mouth. Every people have 2 pairs of molar teeth, 2 pairs on the upper side 2 pairs on the lower side.

The basics of impected wisdom teeth

Most people develop 32 teeth in their teenage, but sometimes extra teeth also develop which remains impacted and causes dental problems.

Impacted wisdom teeth can cause pain and sometimes damage to neighbor teeth also. Sometimes wisdom teeth remain asymptomatic and cause no immediate symptoms. Wisdom teeth are hard to clean that can cause decay and other dental problems.

Impacted wisdom teeth sometimes can cause radiating pain, pain in the ear, jaw pain, sinus problems, gum disease. So many dentists advise removing the impacted wisdom teeth to prevent or to get relief from symptoms.

Symptoms of wisdom teeth

It is not compulsory that a person with impacted wisdom teeth must have symptoms every time. But some people can develop the following symptoms.

1. Red or swollen gums
2. Tender or bleeding gums
3. Jaw pain
4. Swelling around the jaw
5. Bad breath
6. An unpleasant taste in your mouth
7. Difficulty opening your mouth

Oral health problems that lead to ear pain

Some of the oral health problems, like cavity, abscessed teeth, can cause pain in the ear. Some other conditions like arthritis, stiffness of temporomandibular joint disorder, can also cause earache.

Sometimes if you grind your jaw or clench your jaw pain may be produced due to more pressure, Many people ignore the earache thinking that it may be due to some problems in the ear like earwax, ear infection.

But if you have chronic ear pain without any obvious cause you should have to visit your dentist.

Do wisdom teeth need extraction?

If you have wisdom teeth that cause the above symptoms and discomfort you can visit the dentist nearby you and take advice about it.

Wisdom teeth cause pyrexia and high-grade fever, if your symptoms get worse or having recurrent symptoms you can go through extraction surgery.

Complications of surgery for wisdom teeth

If you go through the surgery to remove the wisdom teeth, you might face the complication if precautions are not taken properly.

• Bleeding that won’t stop for about 24 hours.
• Difficulty with or pain from opening your jaw
• Slow-healing gums.
• Pain and swelling in your gums and tooth socket where the tooth was removed.
• Damage to existing dental work, such as crowns or bridges, or to roots of a nearby tooth.
• A painful inflammation called dry socket, which happens if the protective blood clot is lost too soon.
• Numbness in your mouth and lips after the local anesthetic wears off, due to injury or inflammation of nerves in the jaw.
• Rare side effects, including:
  • Numbness in the mouth or lips that does not go away.
  • A fractured jaw if the tooth was firmly attached to the jawbone.

An opening into the sinus cavity is when a wisdom tooth is removed from the upper jaw.