Wisdom teeth extractions are widespread interventions, but most dentists do not undertake such treatments, instead referring their patients to oral surgeons. Wisdom teeth are more safely and more efficiently extracted by specialized oral surgeons because the process can be quite challenging, and it might require special tools and techniques. Here are some things to know:
· Wisdom teeth are located in a difficult-to-access part of the mouth – being the last teeth in each row, wisdom teeth are challenging to get to, and any treatment performed on them will require special tools that only oral surgeons know how to handle.
· Wisdom teeth can suffer from issues that do not affect other teeth – wisdom teeth are vestigial molars that play no role in the way we chew and grind our food. Having lost their function, wisdom teeth tend to erupt and to grow incorrectly, in some cases developing underneath the gum without protruding through the gum surface. In these cases, the intervention requires a cut on the gum surface and the breaking of the wisdom tooth into pieces for the extraction. Another reason why wisdom tooth removal Buffalo Grove procedure needs special expertise is that they can be affected by very intense infections that require special treatment.
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