Wisdom Teeth Extractions

Wisdom Teeth Extractions services offered in Bedford, TX

Wisdom teeth emerge between the ages of 17 and 21 when your jaw is typically fully developed. At Trinity Dental Care, Gayathri Gunda, DDS, and the team understand that your mouth may not have enough room to support these teeth once they emerge. That’s why they perform wisdom teeth extractions at their practice in Bedford, Texas. If your wisdom teeth are causing you pain or discomfort, call the office or request an appointment online today.

Wisdom Teeth Extractions Q & A

What are wisdom teeth?

Often called the third molars, wisdom teeth are the final teeth to emerge in the very back of your mouth. They develop during your teenage years, around the time your jaw stops growing. As a result, your jaw may not have enough room to support these new molars.

Wisdom teeth can become impacted beneath your gum line. This means they can’t fully emerge without pushing against your surrounding teeth, nerves, and soft tissues. When your wisdom teeth are fully or partially impacted, they can cause pain and other uncomfortable symptoms.

What are the signs of impacted wisdom teeth?

The team at Trinity Dental Care takes X-rays at your bi-annual dental exam and teeth cleaning that reveal whether your wisdom teeth are impacted. Other signs that you have impacted wisdom teeth include:

Throbbing tooth pain
Pain when chewing
Headaches
Earaches
Swollen lymph nodes underneath the jaw and neck
Fever
Jaw pain

In some cases, impacted wisdom teeth can lead to infection. If you have tooth and jaw pain accompanied by bad breath and a small bump on your gums, you may have an abscess. This fluid-filled sac contains harmful bacteria that, if ruptured, can spread throughout your body.

What happens during wisdom teeth extractions?

When you come into Trinity Dental Care for your wisdom teeth extraction, the team administers a sedative and local anesthetic to keep you relaxed and free of pain. Once the medication takes effect, they make a small incision in your gums.

How long your extraction takes depends on the severity of the impaction. The team may need to remove small pieces of bone and tissue to access the impacted tooth. Sometimes, wisdom teeth crack and break. In this case, the team removes the tooth in pieces.

Finally, the team sutures your incisions and packs your mouth with gauze. You should change this gauze after about 45 minutes to one hour, allowing enough time for a protective blood clot to form.

Because a wisdom tooth extraction requires sedation, make sure to coordinate a ride home after your procedure.

To learn more about wisdom teeth, call Trinity Dental Care or schedule an appointment online today.