What is wisdom tooth

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In daily life, many people have wisdom teeth, which is very painful, but there are still some people who don't know much about wisdom teeth. Next, I'll explain to you what wisdom teeth are.

What is wisdom tooth

First of all, wisdom teeth have a tooth at the back of all the teeth. Under normal circumstances, it will not grow out. When it grows out, it will cause gum damage.

Secondly, the special growth position of wisdom teeth brings many problems to its cleaning and treatment. The common diseases are dental caries (commonly known as tooth decay), periodontitis and pulpitis. Because wisdom teeth are in the innermost part, daily brushing is not easy to clean, and it is easy to produce tooth decay. Moreover, wisdom teeth often have swelling pain due to insufficient germination space, and it will invade adjacent teeth, causing toothache.

Finally, wisdom teeth protrude from the root, when close to the soft tissue of the gum, it will stimulate the gum and surrounding tissue, so there will be pain. Some patients will have inflammation in this process, lateral growth of wisdom teeth leads to gingival swelling and pain, which may need to go to the hospital for examination and film to see if it needs to be removed.

matters needing attention

After wisdom teeth appear, we must pay attention to our oral hygiene, because when we grow wisdom teeth, we will bite our gums when we bite, which will lead to damage and inflammation.