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Yesterday, I consulted a dentist for my toothache,I had pain in one of the tooth on the upper side right side of my mouth, she did a x-ray and found another tooth inside my gum, this extra tooth had impacted roots of another tooth because of which I had pain. She did my RCT to remove nerve of one tooth and asked me to go for a surgery to remove extra tooth. I just wanted to take another opinion before going for surgery. Please advise.
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yes , u have to get it extracted if its creating a problem.
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Yes , you have to go for surgical ext of wisdom tooth .
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Go for Opg X-ray
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Do as guided by your Doctor.
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Yes if there is an impacted tooth it may be impinging an adjacent tooth.
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Hello sir!
The last molar on both sides of upper and lower jaws are called as wisdom teeth as they erupt during 18 to 25years of age when a person becomes wise. Hence the name. As they are the last teeth to erupt in the jaw, they won't be having much space so often they get impacted in the jaw bone vertically, horizontally or towards the 2nd molar tooth. When they are impacted it's better to go for a surgery as soon as possible because these impacted 3rd molars have more chances of food lodgement, they may get infected, which is called as pericoronitis which may further lead to abscess formation. Sometimes it may damage the 2nd molar tooth roots, can cause decays in them.
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Visit the dentist and get it removed as soon as possible.
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1. Use soft bristles so that it can reach till your third molar area
2. Rinse thoroughly after every meal.
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Hello sir, impacted tooth may cause problems for other toothby
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That extra tooth what you are saying is wisdom tooth. When wisdom tooth is creating a problem to healthy adjacent tooth ,it is advisable to get that wisdom tooth extracted.
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take an OPG
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visit the dentist to get wisdom tooth removal with out delay
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