complications related to wisdom teeth removal

I need to remove both of my upper wisdom teeth. I’ve been told that complications are ALWAYS related to this procedure. What complications can occur? Does anyone know?

I don’t know why and who told you that complications are ALWAYS related to wisdom teeth removal, because as far as I know they are rare. Most of them are temporary and include infection, temporary sinus complications, injury to other teeth, numbness, temporary joint problems in the jaw, and in very rare cases, jaw fracture.

I had 3 of my wisdom teeth removed, one on the upper left and two on the bottom. It does hurt for a few days afterwards. This is day 4 for me after surgery. So far the only thing that bugs me is the teeth moving to cover the space. The dentists tend to give medicen just to prevent infection. Most the side effects are very rare.

It's day four after my lower right wisdom tooth was removed and I still have swelling and numbness. Is this normal and how long should I expect it to last before worrying that the numbness won't disappear. I do not have a dry socket, bad pain or fever.

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I need to remove both of my upper wisdom teeth. I’ve been told that complications are ALWAYS related to this procedure. What complications can occur? Does anyone know?

They recommended wisdom teeth removal for my husband, and he and I completely regret the procedure. I am a physician, and thought I could trust the dentist, but now doing research, it isn't necessarily an essential preventive operation. He developed an abscess on one side, became very ill and was on antibiotics for two months, and almost hospitalized. He now has developed horribly uncomfortable scar tissue and bone regeneration on that side of his jaw. On the other side, he has permanent numbness in the bottom lip. He was FINE before. Defininitely do some serious research about whether or not this procedure is appopriate for you.

My IQ decreased from 140 to 120 after having two wisdom teeth extracted.

Are you serious? I didn't realize that "wisdom" teeth actually contained 5 IQ points each!

Question,

i had my wisdom teeth removed around 10 years ago and they had to do surgery to remove them since they were burried sideways inside my gums. They performed a procedure where they 'unhook' your jaw to get to the back of my mouth to remove the wisdom teeth. Everythign went well, but it's not until a couple of years later that I noticed a slight thing like my jaw is not aligned correctly and it looks a little bit side ways. Just a little bit. My front teeth don't align with each other, they're a bit off. Also when I open my mouth wide, there's a slight 'click'. It's hard to describe. Nothign painful though. What can I do? I haven't seen the surgeon that perform the surgery in a long time, almost 10 years. Should I go to another doctor see what he thinks?

Thanks

Please tell me you're joking. Not being rude, but I sure hope the last person is kidding. I mean, in a way, it's funny - a misalligned jaw (not in reality, but if a joke, sorta funny). At least, you could get people to laugh pretty easily, I'm sure!

Anyway, I'm no doctor nor expert, and frankly I don't see how you could trust anyone to REALLY be one in an open forum like this. However, I would think that common sense about it would say that if you want to really know if you've got problems, then yeah, you should go to a doctor. If you think you've got problems with your car, you go to the mechanic, right? I mean, if the wheels are out of alignment, there's not much good in you just taking it to a neighbor to look at (unless they happen to be a mechanic with the expensive alignment equipment).

And for your body? I say you'd better get it checked.

I think you may have developed TMJ. It's not a major condition, but may be worth checking with your dentist/ orthodontist about as some people require surgery to correct it. I will again place emphasis on that it is normally not a major problem, more of a nuisance. For some it may cause the jaw to lock or headaches/ earaches.