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At our dental office, we empower our patients to take charge of their own dental care and treat them as a valued member of their dental team. Effective education and understanding of the dental procedures and treatments we recommend is a part of that.
We encourage and welcome questions. Take a look at this selection of questions our patients ask often. If your question is not answered here, please give us a call or contact us online, and we will be happy to help you.
Wisdom Tooth Removal
Thanks to improvements in dental techniques and technology and better anesthetic options, you are unlikely to feel anything during the actual extraction process except for some pressure. You may feel some discomfort following the extraction as the anesthetic wears off, but we are happy to provide you with medication to ease this discomfort.
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For more information about dental extractions, please call our office for an examination with Dr. Vishal Advani.
For some lucky people, wisdom teeth come in easily and comfortably with very little fuss. If you are one of these people, congratulations! You get to keep your wisdom teeth!
Wisdom Tooth Removal
For many others, however, the process is not so simple. As humans, our bodies are constantly adapting. As our diets changed over the millennia, so have the shapes of our jaws. Today, many of us have jaws that are much smaller than that of our early ancestors – and this means that our wisdom teeth no longer fit comfortably.
What happens instead is that the wisdom teeth may attempt to come in and get “stuck.” As dentists, we call this condition impaction.
Teeth can be partially impacted, which occurs when the tooth breaks through the surface of the gums but doesn’t fully emerge. This condition is associated with swelling and discomfort in the gums and can also leave you more prone to periodontal infections.
Teeth may also be fully impacted. When this happens, the tooth doesn’t break the surface at all and remains lodged in the jaw. This can lead to pressure on your other teeth, changes in bite alignment, and an increased risk of decay.
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Dr. Advani can check the condition of your wisdom teeth and determine whether extraction is the right choice for you.