Get smarter about wisdom teeth
Posted on 31. Jul, 2008 by wisdom in Wisdom Teeth
Dr. David Leader of the Malden Dentist wrote a great article about the current views, issues, and opinion surrounding the removal of wisdom teeth. The article in it’s entirety is located at the following URL http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/823821/studies_question_wisdom_tooth_extraction.html
I have some excerpts below from the article.
“Many do not realize that there is a controversy in the dental community regarding the advisability of prophylactic wisdom tooth (third molar) extraction…
This difference of opinion leaves the patient and perhaps their parents with a difficult decision. It is important to listen carefully to their dental advisors, their general dentist and their oral surgeon. Read the informed consent materials and ask questions. Patients must then decide if the recommendations of third molar extractions make sense to them.
Then, patients will have to live with the good and bad results of their choices.”
The article discusses the current sides to the controversy in the wisdom teeth removal argument presenting a discussion from the dentist not being able to predict what will happen, the AAOMS’s stance, and the British National Institute for Clinical Evidence. It is a must read for anyone thinking about wisdom teeth extractions.
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2 Comments
Becca
31. Jul, 2008
Regarding wisdom tooth repair, I have a small cavity in one of my wisdom teeth but my dentist won’t fill cavities in wisdom teeth. So he is telling me that I should get it pulled…a perfectly good tooth that is fully grown in and straight and I should get it pulled because of a tiny cavity. Do a lot of dentists refuse to do dental work on wisdom teeth? This is only adding to the removal epidemic, if so.
wisdom
31. Jul, 2008
Hi Becca, thanks visiting.
To answer your question. Here is what I found on http://www.animated-teeth.com/wisdom_teeth/t2_wisdom_tooth_extraction.htm
“If tooth decay does form in a wisdom tooth the tooth often can, just like with any other tooth, be repaired by way of placing a filling. This would be especially true in those cases where the amount of decay is readily accessible and small. However, sometimes a dentist will advise against filling a wisdom tooth. As an example, the decay found on the tooth might be in such an awkward location that the dentist does not feel that they can access that part of the tooth adequately so to place a filling. As you can well imagine, if a tooth has been hard for you to clean with a toothbrush and floss it is likely your dentist will have the same problem of access also when using their tools.”
Since you said the cavity is small, I think you should consider seeing another dentist about this and get his opinion. If the cavity really is small, I don’t think there is any reason to get it pulled.
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