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Pain in wisdom tooth
I had pain in wisdome tooth, the doc said you have cheek biting issue. Also he filled my upper teeth, after a few days, I again had pain he gave medicines and a toothpaste, now I gargle twice and brush also. It's fine now, no pain since then.. Shall I get it checked again or shall let it be.. And why does cheek bite happen in the first place.. How should ibe avoid it?? In the past, my wisdom tooth on the other side got extracted, as it was growing weirdly with pain
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The cheek bite mainly occurs due to abnormal wisdom tooth eruption. The sharp edges might be towards your cheek, due to which you are having cheek bite. The best is to visit the dentist nearby and get your x-ray/OPG done for further evaluation.
Next Steps
Warm saline rinses.
Health Tips
Maintain good oral hygiene.
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wisdom teeth usually erupt out of arch because they do not get enough space for straight eruption. if in your case the tooth is placed on the cheek side, it might be causing cheek bite. if the cheek bite is persistent and because of wisdom molar
Next Steps
if persistent cheek bite is because of wisdom molar then get it extracted
Health Tips
You may try doing cheek blowing exercise on the affected side.
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