After your son or daughter departs for college, the last thing you want to get is a call or text to learn that your kid is in pain. Although there are not many emergency situations that can be avoided when it comes to dental health, one crisis that can easily be prevented before your teen heads away to school is wisdom tooth pain.Wisdom teeth are the third set of molars that erupt in the late teen to early 20s. Wisdom teeth can go from barely noticeable to extremely painful in a very short period of time. Because most people do not have enough space for wisdom teeth to erupt fully and remain perfectly aligned, pain, swelling, infection, damage to adjacent teeth, and decay commonly develop. These problems can brew beneath the surface for weeks or months, offering no warning before painful symptoms occur! To prevent these inconvenient episodes, most oral surgeons currently recommend to electively remove the wisdom teeth before they become symptomatic.
Summer break is the perfect time to remove wisdom teeth so that your child can avoid the stressful scenario of experiencing this emergency while they are away from home. If you have any questions about wisdom teeth or are in need of an appointment, call our office at 918-455-0123!
God Bless,
DRT
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