Impacted Wisdom Teeth
What Are Wisdom Teeth?
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Wisdom Teeth Presentation
To provide you with a better understanding of wisdom teeth, we have provided the following multimedia presentation. Many common questions pertaining to wisdom teeth are discussed.
What Is An Impacted Tooth?
Although most people develop and grow 32 permanent adult teeth, many times their jaws are too small to accommodate the four wisdom teeth. When inadequate space prevents the teeth from erupting they are called impacted. This indicates their inability to erupt into the proper position for chewing and cleaning.
Types Of Impactions
We will need to see you for a consultation to determine if you will benefit from wisdom tooth removal. A special x-ray of your mouth and jaws (panorex) will be taken to determine if your wisdom teeth are impacted, if there is room for them to erupt, and how difficult it will be to have them removed.
- Soft Tissue Impaction: There is not enough room to allow the gum tissue to retract for adequate cleaning of the tooth.
- Partial Bony Impaction: There is enough space to allow the wisdom tooth to partially erupt. However, the tooth cannot function properly in the chewing process, and creates cleaning problems, among others.
- Complete Bony Impaction: There is NO space for the tooth to erupt. It remains embedded in the jaw bone or if even partially visible requires complex surgical techniques for removal.The impacted wisdom tooth may also be in an unusual position and difficult to remove. This situation can also arise when the shape or size of the jaw bone and other facial structures make removal of this tooth significantly more complex.
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Unbelievable care and compassion by this doctor for my son. My son had his wisdom teeth removed and did exceptionally well...flawless recovery. The doc is very caring and took a lot of time explaining the procedure and making sure that me and my son did not have any questions. He took the fear out of going to have oral surgery. The doc is very easy to talk to and makes you feel like a friend.
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Patient Review By Rebecca
As a mother I was super nervous when our dentist told me that our daughter needed her wisdom teeth out. Our dentist told me he was sending our family to "the best oral surgeon in the business" and he sure was right!!!! When we walked into the office we were amazed out how friendly and profesional the staff was, they made us feel right at home. When we met Dr. Fuentes we both immediately knew we had come to the right person for the job. He has the best bedside manner and makes you very comfortable. He was very thorough and answered all of our questions and kept us laughing the whole time during the exam. The surgery ( 4 impacted wisdom teeth) was flawless and my daughter slept through the entire procedure. She had virtually no pain afterwards! Fantastic experience for my daughter and this nervous momma. Dr. Fuentes will be the only oral surgeon to treat our family. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Great customer service all the way through from first call until my surgery. I had my wisdom teeth removed and it was fast and painless. I have told all my friends to go see doctor Fuentes and 2 have already made appointments. I was super impressed how great my experience was.
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