Wisdom teeth often grow in unfavorable positions, and are often located too deep in the jaw, making oral hygiene more difficult. Furthermore, wisdom teeth also contribute to creating a favorable environment for harmful bacteria to grow, thereby increasing the risk of tooth decay and gingivitis.
Wisdom teeth need to be extracted in cases such as:
- Wisdom teeth grow causing pain, infection, cysts, affecting neighboring teeth.
- Wisdom teeth grow creating gaps with adjacent teeth, causing food to get stuck, and the adjacent teeth are at risk of being affected.
- There is no opposing tooth to fit the wisdom tooth, creating a ladder between the teeth causing food to get stuck and the gums to become ulcerated.
- Abnormally shaped, deformed wisdom teeth cause food to get stuck in the gap created between the wisdom tooth and the adjacent tooth.
- Wisdom teeth are decayed and inflamed.
- Wisdom teeth are the cause of a number of other diseases.