Did you know that you have four additional teeth, molars that will arrive in the early years of adulthood? When they do, this can cause major problems and even undo orthodontic results! Which is why your team at Balboa Dental Surgery offers our Newport Beach, CA, patients and their families wisdom tooth extraction.
The Risks of Your Third Molars
These teeth sit at the rear of your mouth and typically do not arrive until our late teens and early 20s. When they do, there is little room to accommodate them, which means they may only partially erupt, creating a painful impaction. They can damage nearby teeth, increasing the risk of infection. These can shift teeth to, creating misalignment or even undoing orthodontic treatment, impacting the health, function, and appearance of your smile. For these reasons, we want to extract them before they even erupt. For kids who have graduated high school and are about to start college, now is a great time to undergo the procedure, so they don’t risk negative changes to their smile, or missing classes for an extraction during the semester.
The Tooth Extraction Process
Our team will plan the procedure in detail with digital x-rays, so we can peer beneath the gums and assess the position of these teeth. We then plan the extraction to ensure we never encounter blood vessels, nerve tissues, or sinus cavities. When we conduct the procedure, we will open the gums above these teeth so that we can access and remove them with a pair of forceps. The procedure can take as little as a half hour in some cases. We always take time to ensure the procedure is a comfortable one for our patients too!
The Steps We Take to Keep You Comfortable
Our team can provide options to limit discomfort, even for patients with special needs or serious anxiety. For example, we will numb the area around the teeth directly with a local anesthetic. Our team can then offer sedation, choosing one of three options to help you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation, with little to no memory of the process at all. We then end the procedure by suturing the area closed and providing detailed aftercare instructions to ensure the area heals quickly, and that you can return to your normal routine after a day or two of rest.
If you have any questions about wisdom tooth extraction, or if you want to schedule a visit for yourself or a member of your family, then contact our team today to learn more and get started!
Talk To Balboa Dental Surgery About Wisdom Tooth Extraction
Our team wants to help protect your smile from the dangers of these additional rear teeth. To learn more about preventing the eruption of your third molars, or to schedule your appointment, contact your Newport Beach, CA oral surgeon at (949) 630-0143!
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