Old thread but figured that I should ask. I have a horizontal wisdom tooth (bottom row). I initially started flossing 3 years ago as I cant get food out with just gargle. After all these time of flossing after every meal for 3 years, now there is a gap between my wisdom tooth and 2nd molar. Food still do get stuck but the gap is large enough that even my tongue or some gargle can get rid of the food.

Question is that, do I need to extract it? I extracted 2 before on the upper jaw but they were simple unlike this one where the dentist told me I need to do a minor surgery. So far no pain or discomfort at all with regards to my current described wisdom tooth.

This post has been edited by onizukaeikichi: Dec 28 2015, 11:04 PM

I removed all 4 of my wisdom teeth last year by minor surgery (I was put on general anesthetic and was warded for 2 days).

One of my wisdom tooth was horizontal too and sometimes food got stuck in between the gum which led it to swell.

My dentist suggested me to extract it as it will do harm to my other tooth.

Have you referred your dentist?

Went to a dentist and he suggested extraction after seeing the x-ray. However, according to the dentist, there is no hurry as I am keeping my teeth in general clean. After doing some thinking, I think that rather than my flossing that made the gap, its the tooth moving as it tries to straighten itself.

So far no pain or discomfort with the wisdom tooth, but its something I will be considering.

This post has been edited by onizukaeikichi: Jan 4 2016, 06:02 PM

i got horizontal impacted wisdom tooth but no pain except for occasional minor bleeding but near to nerve scared to get it removed.

have u remove urs? mine also 45° sideways outward. not sure whether it should be remove.

I travel from singapore to johor bahru, I travel around mount austin, plentong, masai , molek few clinic, U dental center Taman Molek Dr. Mike explain very clearly help me remove all my 4 wisdom tooth , no pain at all ! Recommended

Wisdom Tooth Extraction - To extract or not extract depends on many circumstances. Try not to wait until there is pain or swelling before deciding to extract it. There could be two common answer due to pain of the wisdom tooth. One reason is that it is growing and the other is that there is an infection. In all cases, an x-ray should be taken before any extraction of the wisdom tooth to totally confirm the diagnose and also for the safety of the person. There is a huge nerve that runs through in the jaw bone and if surgery is indicated to remove the wisdom tooth, the dentist would like to avoid damaging the nerve.

"Prevention is better than cure." That is why dentist always recommend to have a check up on your wisdom teeth. Not all people need to remove their wisdom teeth because some people has perfect growing wisdom teeth. Common case, if the wisdom tooth is giving you a difficult time or even painful, usually an extraction is indicated. As some wisdom tooth may grow into your front molar teeth causing real pain. If that happens sometimes two teeth needs to be extracted. Let your dentist take a look at your wisdom tooth before deciding to extract it, as sometimes you might not even need to extract it and a small surgical called Operculectomy is more than enough. This is where the dentist just smoothen the gums covering the wisdom tooth.

Take care everyone.

OK. My wisdom tooth just chipped this afternoon after lunch.

before that i've been eating corn kennel snacks which is abit crunchy.

so it's possible it's a decay, but have to wait for checkup to tell.

since it's lower wisdom tooth, half inside the meat, it would require minor operation.

any advise? how do they close the wound as i don't think they can just stitch it back? is it true will have difficulty eating afterwards?

will it be painful even with anesthetic?

also about the x-ray, is it common practice for dentist? or only certain dental have x-rays? or need to x-ray in advance?

This post has been edited by advocado: May 3 2017, 03:40 PM

Hi guys,

My upper wisdom tooth one of it has somehow chipped off a portion of it due to biting hard things I believe. Previously it was just a minor chip-off. But it's been suffering more "erosion" / chip-off now. Lol

Do dentist accept repairing the wisdom tooth or they straight recommend extraction?

I'm afraid if only one upper wisdom extracted, will all the upper teeth re-align and become unbalanced? Ie. the 2 front (incisors) no longer align on the center but shifting to the side where the wisdom has been extracted?

Actually this wisdom is quite heavily used in my case. As most of my chewing is done by the lower molars and the upper wisdom, which somehow match with my lower molars. So it would be somewhat lost of an important asset for chewing if extracted.

This post has been edited by frontierzone: Sep 5 2017, 03:20 PM

It depends on the dentists. If you consult one who believes that wisdom teeth should be extracted (like some holistic dentists do in the west), s/he will likely suggest that you have all of yours extracted. If that is not the philosophy of the dentist, then upon checking your wisdom tooth, s/he may advise you to take care of it in a certain way (brushing technique and such) if the tooth is not too far gone or extract it if it is too damaged. Definitely, you could ask him/her if it's possible to repair the chipped wisdom tooth. The dentist will decide that. This one may require a dental x-ray.

I feel sorry. If the chipping did not happen, you would not be here, but it did. I don't enjoy the thought of my teeth going out of alignment after extraction but if a wisdom tooth is giving me trouble, I will go to see a dentist. About teeth alignment, I will also seek for the dentist's advice and expertise on this area.

is it really necessary to extract wisdom tooth even if it doesn't give you any pain or problem at the moment?

because i have people and even dentist telling me is better to extract at young age so in the future won't give you any problem

thats price really pain in the ass.here i go minor surgery at HM pay rm5 for registration and rm50 for take out and sewing the gum.no pain just bengkak tomorrow.

Can you give me the address of the clinic? Do they still do wisdom tooth removal under General Anaesthetic (sleeping)?

Any recommendation on dental places that do wisdom tooth removal under GA(sleeping)?

May I know where did you do the Wisdom Teeth removal under General Anesthetic? Could I get the doctor’s or clinic contact?

How much did you do your 4 wisdom tooth removal under General Anesthetic? Thanks.

will wisdom teeth caused permanent swollen cheeck/jaw until it gets extracted?