If you get braces as a teenager, your dentist and orthodontist will work together to determine if and when your wisdom teeth need to be removed. The last thing anyone wants after all that effort to straighten your teeth is for four extra teeth to pop up and wreck your alignment and bite.
Even if you don’t get braces as a teen, if you see your New Orchard dentist every six months as you should, he will keep an eye on the development of your wisdom teeth and recommend extraction before those third molars have the chance to cause any oral health problems.
Unfortunately, some patients opt out of preventive wisdom tooth extractions. As a result, they can end up with impacted wisdom teeth that can affect their oral health in multiple ways, causing:
- Severe pain
- Crowding
- Damaged teeth
- Infection
- Tooth decay
- Bite misalignment
- Jaw damage