Why are wisdom teeth extracted?
Our offices emphasizes the importance of a smile with straight teeth. Often our mouth doesn’t have the necessary space for all our teeth and therefore a dental overcrowding occurs.
If wisdom teeth are not removed, some patients with a small eruption space will have:
Other complications might be:
The premature extraction of wisdom teeth, when necessary, is preferable because roots of wisdom teeth are shorter and therefore are easier and less traumatic to extract when forming.
Patients with specific characteristics such as small jaw bones and big teeth will surely have to remove the wisdom teeth due to lack of space.
When evaluating the growth of the skull the premature extraction of wisdom can be taken into consideration (GERECTOMY)
This technique offers great advantages:
The International Associations of surgeons and dentists suggest e precocious removal of wisdom teeth to prevent future problems.