Impacted and surgical removals by an MDS surgeon, under local anaesthetic, with sedation if you want it. Imaged properly first, because the nerve sits close.
Wisdom teeth are removed when they cause repeated infection, decay, damage to the tooth in front, or a cyst. Straight, cleanable wisdom teeth are left alone. Surgical and impacted removals are done under local anaesthetic at the Ghatkopar East clinic, with an OPG or CBCT first.
Not every wisdom tooth does. If it has come through straight, bites properly against the tooth above it, and you can clean it, leave it alone. Removing a healthy, functional wisdom tooth is surgery you did not need.
You will get an honest answer here even when the answer is “nothing, come back in a year”.
An impacted wisdom tooth is stuck, either under the gum, under bone, or angled into the tooth in front. Horizontal impactions are the most common reason a removal becomes a surgical one.
Surgical removal means a small incision, sometimes a little bone removed around the tooth, and the tooth sectioned into pieces so it comes out through a smaller opening rather than being forced whole. Sectioning sounds worse and is actually gentler. Stitches usually follow, often dissolvable.
In the lower jaw the roots of a wisdom tooth can sit against the inferior alveolar nerve, which supplies feeling to your lip and chin. An OPG shows the relationship, and where it looks close, a CBCT scan shows it in three dimensions.
This is the single most important part of planning the surgery, and it is what separates a considered extraction from an optimistic one. Any clinic that offers to take out a lower impacted wisdom tooth without imaging it first is guessing with your lip.
Local anaesthetic, and you are numb before anything starts. A straightforward removal takes minutes. A surgical one usually runs twenty to forty minutes. You will feel pressure, which is normal, but you should not feel sharpness. Say so if you do and more anaesthetic goes in.
Sedation is available if the idea of it is the problem rather than the procedure. Plenty of adults need that and there is nothing unusual about asking.
Dry socket is the complication to know about. If the pain gets worse rather than better around day three and radiates to the ear, the clot has been lost. It is treatable in one short visit, so come in rather than pushing through.
The clinic runs until 9 pm, six days a week, so a straightforward removal can be done on a Friday evening or a Saturday and you lose no working days. For a difficult lower impaction, take the next day.
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No. A wisdom tooth that has erupted straight, bites properly and can be cleaned should be left alone. Removal is for repeated infection, decay, damage to the tooth in front, or a cyst.
A small incision, sometimes a little bone removed around the tooth, and the tooth divided into sections so it can come out through a smaller opening. Stitches follow, usually dissolvable.
The procedure is done under local anaesthetic and you should feel pressure but not sharpness. Sedation is available for anxious patients. Most discomfort comes in the two or three days afterwards and is managed with painkillers.
In the lower jaw the roots can lie against the nerve that supplies feeling to the lip and chin. An OPG shows the relationship and a CBCT shows it in three dimensions. Planning the surgery without imaging risks that nerve.
Swelling usually peaks on day two or three rather than day one, and most people are back to normal food within a week. Pain that worsens around day three can mean dry socket, which is treated in one short visit.
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