Impacted Wisdom Tooth, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Impacted Wisdom Tooth, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
An impacted wisdom tooth is a third molar adult tooth that does not erupt through the gum.

Wisdom Teeth, or third molars, are the last teeth to form and appear in the mouth.

They are called “wisdom teeth” because they normally occur during a person’s late teens or early twenties which has been called the “age of wisdom”.

When a wisdom tooth is obstructed from erupting or coming into the mouth normally, it is termed impacted.

A tooth may be only incompletely impacted; meaning it grows in curved and erupts through the gum only partly, or it may fall short of erupting through at all and thus stays totally impacted.

Serious disorders can form from partially impacted teeth, such as pain, infection, and crowding of, or injury to, adjacent teeth.

For wholly impacted teeth, more serious disorders can happen if the sac that envelopes the impacted tooth fills with fluid and becomes bigger to form a cyst.

Causes

An impacted tooth stays stuck in gum tissue or bone for different reasons.

The region may be congested, leaving no space for the teeth to come out.

The jaw may be too undersized to fit the wisdom teeth.

Teeth may also become twisted, tilted, or displaced as they try to come out.

Symptoms

1. Bad breath

2. Difficulty opening the mouth (sometimes)

3. Pain or tenderness of the gums or jaw bone

4. Extended headache or jaw ache

5. Redness and swelling of the gums around the impacted tooth

Diagnosis

The dentist will check for swollen gum over the area where a tooth has not emerged, or has only partially erupted.

Dental x-rays corroborate the presence of one or more teeth that have not erupted

Treatment

No treatment may be required if the impacted tooth is not producing any problems.

Extraction of the tooth is the normal treatment for an impacted wisdom tooth.

If the tooth is greatly impacted, it could be essential for the dentist to make a small incision in the gum to reach the tooth.

Once extracted, the dentist will suture the gums with stitches (normally dissolvable) for it to heal.

Pain medications, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil), can be given for minor pain

If the patient was under general anesthesia (rare these days) he or she will need a friend or family member to take home and look after him or her for the next 24 hours, as the residual effects of the anesthetic can affect the behavior and judgment

The patient may also be given anti-inflammatory medicine or antibiotics to take while recovering.

When brushing, do not brush the operated area for a couple of days.

The patient may also want to use softer foods while the gum improves and not chew with the teeth near where the tooth was removed.

Bleeding may happen for several hours after tooth extraction.

To stop it, place a piece of clean moist gauze over the empty tooth socket and bite down firmly.

Apply persistent pressure for about 45 minutes.

A wet tea bag is an efficacious choice.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Impacted Wisdom Tooth
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Gum Disease
Chapter 8 Tooth Decay
Epilogue

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Jun 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463828175

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Impacted Wisdom Tooth,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2016 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes Impacted Wisdom Tooth, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Condition) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical conditions.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring you the latest information about a condition or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Impacted Wisdom tooth

What is an impacted Wisdom Tooth?

An impacted wisdom tooth is a third molar adult tooth that does not erupt through the gum.

Wisdom Teeth, or third molars, are the last teeth to form and appear in the mouth.

They are called wisdom teeth because they normally occur during a person’s late teens or early twenties which has been called the age of wisdom.

When a wisdom tooth is obstructed from erupting or coming into the mouth normally, it is termed impacted.

A tooth may be only incompletely impacted; meaning it grows in curved and erupts through the gum only partly, or it may fall short of erupting through at all and thus stays totally impacted.

Serious disorders can form from partially impacted teeth, such as pain, infection, and crowding of, or injury to, adjacent teeth.

For wholly impacted teeth, more serious disorders can happen if the sac that envelopes the impacted tooth fills with fluid and becomes bigger to form a cyst.

What are the causes of Impacted Wisdom Tooth?

Causes

Teeth begin to emerge (pass through the gums) during infancy.

This occurs again when permanent teeth substitute the primary (baby) teeth.

If a tooth does not arrive, or erupts only partially, it is regarded to be impacted.

This most often occurs with the wisdom teeth (the third set of molars).

They are the last teeth to erupt.

They normally arrive between the ages of 17 and 21.

An impacted tooth stays stuck in gum tissue or bone for different reasons.

The region may be congested, leaving no space for the teeth to come out.

The jaw may be too undersized to fit the wisdom teeth.

Teeth may also become twisted, tilted, or displaced as they try to come out.

This leads to impacted teeth.

Impacted wisdom teeth are very widespread.

They are often not painful and do not produce disorders.

Some doctors believe an impacted tooth presses on the next tooth, which presses the next tooth.

Ultimately, this can produce a misaligned bite.

This is when a tooth tries to pass through the gum but gets wedged against the tooth next to it and erupts at an angle.

This can produce toothache, earache pain, swelling and even infection, cysts and abscesses.

If this is the case, then it could be essential to have the wisdom teeth extracted.

A partially erupted tooth can ensnare food, plaque, and other debris in the soft tissue around it, which can result in