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 The eruption of wisdom teeth is a fairly painful process. I ignored my wisdom teeth until I was 24 years old
and let me tell you, it was not pretty. Months prior to finally agreeing to
have them extracted, the gums around
the teeth became inflamed and hurt
like nothing else. Here I give you some basic wisdom about wisdom teeth.
Wisdom teeth are
the last teeth to erupt in the
permanent set of teeth in the age
group 15-25 years. They are four teeth total with each being the last tooth at the four ends of upper and lower jaw. Wisdom teeth do not erupt in all individuals and in some rare cases,
remain completely absent. But why do these teeth
in particular cause the problems? Call it evolution but the need for larger and
powerful jaws has decreased and the modern day mouth possesses a much smaller
jaw resulting in congested space for the eruption of wisdom teeth.
 Wisdom tooth problems
occur most often when the teeth erupt directed
away or towards the second molars,
when angled towards the tongue or towards the cheek or when the wisdom teeth
are stuck in the jawbone or gum and are unable to erupt resulting in impacted
teeth.
A word of advice, don't wait until the
teeth are impacted like I did. Be
proactive and have them removed early on. It is less work for the dentist and less of a pain for you.
Posted on June 03, 2010 21:40:01 by  Michael McClure
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