Our team wants to help safeguard your smile against the risks posed by your wisdom teeth. As people approach their 20s, the risk of up to four new teeth arriving will increase. But your Cerritos, CA, dentist can protect your smile from impaction and misalignment with wisdom tooth extraction.
The Dangers of Your Third Molars
As we reach our late teens and early 20s, up to four new teeth could erupt. Since there is little to no room for them in the average person’s smile this could lead to major complications. For example, this could lead to misalignment that not only changes your smile’s appearance, but could increase the risk of tooth decay and gum disease. The strain from the eruption of these new teeth on your jaw joints could leave you vulnerable to TMJ disorder and bruxism (teeth grinding). They could also only partially erupt, causing an impaction that could damage teeth and leave them vulnerable to decay and infection. But we can help prevent these issues by removing these third molars before they even arrive!
Planning the Tooth Extraction
To get started, our team will take detailed digital images and x-rays of your smile. We want to pinpoint the exact position of your teeth and then plan the extraction to avoid contact with nerve tissues, blood vessels, and sinus cavities. Our team will also take time to ensure you feel relaxed and comfortable during your oral surgery. We will administer a local anesthesia to the area where the tooth is being removed to numb the area. If you have dental anxiety or special needs that make receiving dental care difficult, our team could offer dental sedation to help you enter a very deep state of calm, with little to no memory of the procedure at all.
Removing Your Wisdom Teeth
Once we have planned the procedure in detail and administer agents to ensure your comfort, we will then open the gums above the teeth so that we can access and remove the wisdom teeth with a pair of forceps. We then suture the area closed, and will remove sutures in a follow-up visit. We will provide detailed aftercare instructions to ensure the area heals quickly and properly. If you have any questions about how our team will conduct a tooth extraction to remove third molars before they change your smile, or if you have wisdom teeth that have already erupted, then contact our team to talk about your treatment options.
TALK TO OUR TEAM ABOUT WISDOM TOOTH EXTRACTION
To schedule a consultation and protect your smile from impacted teeth, then make an appointment with Cerritos Dental Surgery in California call 562-584-4082 today. We want to help you enjoy optimal oral health, and to ensure the proper function and beauty of your smile.
