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It can take 1 to 3 months to heal from a surgical extraction.
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Dr. Kelly will examine your teeth and take x-rays to look at their position in your jaw. This will help us determine if your wisdom teeth need to be removed and if this can be done with a basic or surgical extraction.
We will administer a local anesthetic to numb your mouth so you don’t feel any pain. Most patients also prefer to be sedated so they don’t need to be aware of the sounds, sight, and pressures that come along with the extraction procedure. This will relax you and melt away any anxiety.
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Once your mouth is fully numb, we will make an incision into your gums to gain access to the underlying tooth. If there is bone tissue blocking access to the tooth, this will also be cut. The tooth is then sectioned by cutting it into small fragments.
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To loosen each fragment of your wisdom teeth, we will use a dental elevator to rock it back and forth in the socket until it is completely loose and then forceps are used to pull it out.
Once your teeth have been extracted, we will reposition the gums and close the incision with sutures.
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Gauze will be placed in the socket and you will need to bite down on these for 30 minutes to an hour to stop the bleeding.
You should wait until the anesthetic has worn off before eating or drinking anything hot so you don’t damage your mouth. In the first 1 to 2 days, you should stick to mostly liquid foods like broth-based soups, applesauce, pudding, meal replacement shakes without a straw, and yogurt. These are foods that require little to no chewing.
After the first couple of days, you can start to eat slightly chewier food but you need to stick to an exclusively soft food diet for at least the first week. Avoid hard, crunchy, sticky, and tough foods. You can eat foods like pasta, rice, bread, roasted vegetables, and fish.
After having your wisdom teeth extracted, you may need to take a few days off from work or school to recover. In the first few days, you will experience minor discomfort, bleeding, and swelling.
You should continue to change your gauze to fresh dampened gauze every few hours before they become soaking. Minor bleeding may continue for the first 24 hours. Swelling will peak about 2 to 3 days after the extraction.
To minimize swelling, you should keep your head elevated and apply a cold compress to the area for about 15 minutes on and off in the first 24 hours. Take anti-inflammatory pain medication for pain relief and get some rest. Avoid strenuous exercise and do not suck from a straw in the first 24 hours.
If your wisdom teeth are impacted or erupting at an angle, failing to remove them will cause you a lot of discomfort and oral health problems such as repeated infections, tooth decay, gum disease, changes to your bite, and damage to your other teeth.
If your wisdom teeth have fully erupted, come in straight, and don’t cause you any discomfort, then they do not need to be removed. We may recommend that you have wisdom teeth removed before they start causing problems if we suspect based on x-rays that they are likely to cause problems in the future based on their position in the jaw.
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