Wisdom tooth removal surgery is often needed after the patients sustain unbearable pain and complication on their wisdom tooth. These pain and complication are often caused by impacted wisdom tooth which resulted in severe pain, swelling of tooth gums, infection to nearby teeth and bad mouth breath.

To avoid further wisdom tooth complications, such as infection, tumours, gum disease
and tooth decays, the only solution is a wisdom tooth removal surgery. Other short term solutions may be taken, such as antibiotics and pain killer medication.

Some doctors recommended a wisdom tooth removal surgery to be taken for teenagers aged between 14 to 22, who are having an impacted wisdom tooth, whether they are having the above mentioned complication or not.

The logic behind is that at a younger age, a wisdom tooth removal surgery will have a better chance of quick and complete recovery. For patients aged over 40, generally the process of recovery after a removal surgery is slower, because as the age goes by, the bone become more dense and making the removal more difficult.

Usually a wisdom tooth removal surgery is done with the help of a local or general anastasia. For patients to have a more relax mind, sometimes sedatives are being prescribe. The doctor will make a small cut in the gum under the impacted wisdom tooth.

Some small bones will be lifted out to ease the removal of the impacted wisdom tooth. Generally most patients can go home the same day of the removal surgery. If you are driving, have someone to drive you back as the sedatives may have effect on your directional judgment.

Generally once the wisdom tooth become impacted and causing pain, a wisdom tooth removal surgery is unavoidable, it will only become worse. So the earlier you make an appointment with your dentist to perform the wisdom tooth removal surgery, the less you will suffer.