The wisdom tooth is the eighth tooth in the maxilla and mandible, and the third molar. Wisdom teeth appear in people at the latest, i.e. most often between 17 and 24 years of age, and therefore their name is usually associated with wisdom. It happens that eights do not erupt at all, but when they do appear, they are usually accompanied by pain.
Wisdom tooth – why and why?
The wisdom tooth, like the other molars, is used to grind food. It appears as a kind of “inheritance” from ancestors who needed more teeth because of a different type of food they ingested. Currently, most of our food is easy to eat, so gradually the eights begin to disappear.
Wisdom tooth and pain
Wisdom teeth grow late, i.e. when the jaw is formed (often after treatment with an orthodontic appliance). When eights appear, they change the shape of the lower jaw and the spacing of the teeth, causing pain. A wisdom tooth also causes bleeding and pain in the gums – it has to tear them apart in order to break through. Sometimes the third molar grows only partially. This can cause pressure on the nerve bundle, for example, or the formation of germinal cysts, which can also be painful if complicated.
Wisdom tooth extraction
Abnormally developing wisdom teeth can and must be removed. This requires an X-ray of the jaw and a dentist’s decision. The practice of Dr. Roman Borczyk from the Clinic of Implantology and Aesthetic Dentistry in Katowice shows that as many as 50% of pathologies related to eights are present. his patients. In the case of approx. 20 percent. patients did not grow at all – because there were no buds or they were stuck in the bones, in 30% they grew incorrectly. (PAP)