Wisdom Teeth
 

Third molar teeth (commonly referred to as wisdom teeth) consist of the mandibularand maxillary third molars; they usually appear between the ages of 17 and 25. They are called wisdom teeth because usually they come in when a person is between age 17 and 25 or older—old enough to have supposedly gained some wisdom.

Wisdom teeth are commonly extractedwhen they affect other teeth—this impaction is colloquially known as “coming in sideways.”Most adults have four wisdom teeth, but it is possible to have more or fewer. Absence of one or more wisdom teeth is an example of hypodontia. Any extra teeth are referred to as supernumerary teeth.

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The upper left (picture right) and upper right (picture left) wisdom tooth are distoangularly impacted. The lower left wisdom tooth is horizontally impacted. The lower right wisdom tooth is vertically impacted .


Impacted wisdom teeth fall into one of several categories. Mesioangular impaction is the most common form (44%), and means the tooth is angled forward, towards the front of the mouth. Vertical impaction (38%) occurs when the formed tooth does not erupt fully through the gum line. Distoangular impaction (6%) means the tooth is angled backward, towards the rear of the mouth. And finally, Horizontal impaction (3%) is the least common form, which occurs when the tooth is angled fully ninety degrees forward, growing into the roots of the second molar.http://drkam.files.wordpress.com/200...pg?w=300&h=175
Typically distoangular impactions are the easiest to extract in the maxilla and most difficult to extract in the mandible, whilehttp://drkam.files.wordpress.com/200...pg?w=150&h=120 mesioangular impactions are the most difficult to extract in the maxilla and easiest to extract in the mandible. Frequently, a fully erupted upper wisdom tooth requires bone removal if the tooth does not yield easily to forceps or elevators. Failure to remove distal or buccal bone while removing one of these teeth can cause the entire maxillary tuberosity to be fractured off and thereby the tearing out the floor of the maxillary sinus.


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Anyway, My wisdom teeth started appearing around 4 months ago,The left wisdom tooth is growing normaly while the right one is giving me a hard time the last two days. Warramleh el nireh,and I can't eat on it anymore,tomorow i'm going to the doctor to see if there is something wrong.




any of you have wisdom teeth(extracted or still in the mouth:p) share your experience with your wisdom teeth:D

Not to scare you or anything.
But I need to get all of my wisdom teeth extracted :'( . I've already done 1 so 3 to go. I did the surgery 2 months ago I was like in agonizing pain. Your sound will reach the doorstep of the "3yede" when she's taking out that tooth. damn! why did you remind me? 7asset sa7ab il deres mn f5ade.
Anyway my second surgery was a month ago and i didn't go lol.

Other than that, hope it goes well ! :)

i extracted the 4 of them...it didn't cause much pain .....

i extracted all 4, 2 at a time, caused a lot of bleeding but no pain, bleeding continued for hours (until the next day) the overall thing just sucks.

i can see one coming in and i from my xrays i know that i need all 4 taken out :( and im soooooo afraid :(


Miss O.

I went to the doctor and did the X-Ray and She told me that I don't have to take them out:D.They waram on the nire is because 3am 3addah lal nire (mn jouwah) she told me makhmid temmak bi may w mile7 and everything should be fine:D

I have four in my mouth....I think...I am not sure..it seems to be the 8th tooth starting from the middle according to the picture...yeah, if that's the case then I have four...at least..yeah cuz there seems to be something small trying to emerge on the right top after what I suppose is the wisdom tooth...(my finger tastes funny)