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Wisdom teeth pain
The left side of my lower jaw there was a decayed teeth. Now new wisdom teeth is coming out just behind that teeth and they both are touching and pushing each other causing me immense pain. I have been told to remove the decayed teeth and keep the wisdom teeth but doing that he said I won't be able to put proxy teeth there (other artificial teeth)
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drg. John Gunawan Lusari
Periodontist
19 yrs exp
Jakarta
In my opinion, 1. if your decayed tooth can do root canal treatment the wisdom teeth you can remove. 2. If you pull out the decayed teeth, together the wisdom tooth you remove too and decayed teeth position you can replace with dental implant.
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Dr. Pranay
Dentist
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
You don't need to replace the wisdom teeth
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