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8 teeth, also known as wisdom teeth, erupt at the age of 18-25 years old. When these teeth come in, they often cause many people to feel pain, severe changes can go to the dentist to remove them. However, many people are worried when deciding to extract the upper 8 teeth, is it dangerous?
1. No. 8 wisdom teeth in the upper jaw should be extracted?
Here are the reasons you should extract the upper 8 molar tooth as soon as possible:
1.1. Teeth No. 8 has no benefit. Wisdom teeth or teeth No. 8 when erupting also have no effect in chewing food, nor will it bring you any aesthetic benefits. Therefore, the fact that tooth number 8 is decayed, you have absolutely no reason to keep it. When spitting it out you will feel comfortable depending on how you feel.
1.2. Spreading caries to adjacent teeth If your wisdom tooth number 8 grows in a slightly tilted and decayed position, it will help caries bacteria grow between these two teeth. Thereby, creating favorable conditions for bacteria to move from wisdom teeth to other teeth.
1.3. The risk of spreading tooth decay to others Tooth decay can completely spread to other people through the sharing of spoons, chopsticks, eating bowls, saliva,... Therefore, to keep a damaged tooth It's really not worth it at all, if you decide to remove your wisdom teeth or not, you should do it as soon as possible.
1.4. Treatment of tooth decay number 8 is very difficult. The location of wisdom tooth number 8 is in the innermost part of the tooth, also hidden deep inside the mouth. If it is caries in the upper jaw, the treatment is even more difficult than in the lower jaw. If you try to treat it, it will most likely take a long time because it is difficult to completely clean the bacteria.
2. Consequences of long tooth decay number 8
The process of forming a carious tooth will go through 4 stages, with the damage increasing with each step. In the early stages 1 and 2, often teeth will appear enamel lesions, sinus formation or dentin damage. When the tooth decay is left for a long time to stage 3 and 4, the tooth decay at this time will cause pulp infection that can be more severe than pulp necrosis. However, if you do not use any treatment to intervene, for a long time that tooth decay will have the following sequelae:
When the tooth decay is severe and the pulp necrosis, those substances escape through the apical foramen. root causes periapical diseases Causes granulomas and root cysts Inflammation of the connective tissue of the teeth Osteoarthritis Complications of maxillary sinusitis Causes endocarditis Occurrence of tooth sensitivity when exposed to too much food too hot or too cold Mouth has a bad smell, causing bad breath
3. Can wisdom tooth decay be filled?
In case you don't want to have the wisdom tooth extracted from the upper jaw. You should go to the doctor, where the doctor will intervene by treating the cavity and using a filling solution to seal the cavity for you.
However, in order to perform this method, the wormhole needs to be located in a favorable position. That way, the doctor can easily intervene and remove all the bacterial tissue deep inside. If the cavity bacteria have not been removed but filled, it will cause pain and you will have to waste time and effort to go to the doctor again. Then proceed to open the filling and re-treat. Very affect your health.
Therefore, it is again recommended that you perform the extraction of the decayed upper 8 teeth instead of performing treatment or filling the tooth.
4. Is extraction of the upper 8 teeth dangerous?
Anyone who decides to have a tooth extracted always has invisible fear, even the most courageous. Are you worried about whether the extraction of the upper 8 teeth will hurt? Is it dangerous? This adds to the pain of tooth extraction.
When performing tooth extraction with decay, you will be given anesthesia or general anesthesia with a computer-controlled system. Make sure the dose of medicine, the speed of injection, the time between injections are seamless, avoiding the case that you have pain in the middle.
In addition, with Piezotome ultrasonic tooth extraction technology. You will quickly remove the decayed wisdom tooth from the jaw in the fastest time and ensure absolute safety for you.
However, is the extraction of the 8th tooth decay dangerous? It also depends a lot on the technique of the dentist performing and your health condition. Because wisdom teeth are located in a special position, when removed, there are often some cases: difficult to stop bleeding, prolonged pain, alveolar inflammation... If the dentist lacks expertise and experience, Poorly young, when performing tooth extraction No. 8 will very easily affect other teeth.
In short, the extraction of maxillary caries is not as dangerous as you think. All the dangerous problems that occur when extracting teeth are completely absent when you choose the right reputable dental address and the high level of expertise of the doctor performing.
5. Safe and effective extraction of the 8 maxillary teeth
5.1. Examination and treatment methods In order to safely remove the 8th tooth decay, the extraction process should be performed as meticulously and carefully as possible. First, your doctor or dentist will conduct a physical exam on you, to make sure you're eligible for surgery. In addition, it also evaluates your oral health and the condition of your teeth in order to have the best treatment for you. The following are the assessment criteria including:
Current health condition is good enough to perform minor surgery No other underlying diseases Depending on the inflammation and the degree of caries Check the condition condition of adjacent teeth 5.2. Clean teeth and apply anesthesia After being examined by the doctors. The dentist will clean the oral cavity before removing wisdom teeth. At the same time, the doctor will numb the mucosa to help numb the surgical area. Therefore, when you extract the maxillary 8 deep tooth, you will not feel pain during the surgery.
5.3. Due to the characteristics of wisdom teeth often grow straight and deviate 45 degrees. So the usual methods are the
1 method and the easiest to pluck.
In the case of wisdom tooth number 8 adjacent to tooth number 7 and stuck with tooth number 7. The doctor will deftly remove the jam and slowly remove the tooth. This is to avoid causing damage to the adjacent tooth area In case of wisdom teeth erupting (the type of tooth that is often covered by bone and gums). The doctor will carefully proceed to flip the flap, open the bone window so that tooth number 8 is exposed and divide tooth number 8 into many small parts to easily remove each small part slowly.
6. How to prevent wisdom tooth decay effectively
Wisdom teeth are located in an inconvenient position, especially the upper 8 teeth. This makes it very difficult to keep your teeth clean. So, there are a few simple things you can do to make sure you don't get wisdom tooth decay.
Prepare a baby brush or a small toothbrush for oral hygiene. This makes it easier to insert the brush head into the inside of the wisdom tooth. Regularly use genuine mouthwash, rinse for at least 30 seconds after brushing your teeth. If you have food stuck between your teeth after eating, you can use a bamboo toothpick to gently remove the food. Because this is a very inconvenient position and cannot use dental floss. The above article is all useful information, to help you answer whether to extract the upper 8 teeth or not? The extraction of the upper 8 maxillary tooth needs to be consulted by a doctor with each person's situation.
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