Top 10 Reasons to Remove Your Wisdom Teeth

10. Because there is lim­ited space for wis­dom teeth to erupt and because the sur­round­ing gums are dif­fi­cult to keep clean, infec­tion and inflam­ma­tion are com­mon even when there are no appar­ent symp­toms. Research shows that once inflam­ma­tion takes hold, it is almost impos­si­ble to elim­i­nate and may spread to other teeth.

9. Research sug­gests that oral inflam­ma­tion asso­ci­ated with wis­dom teeth may con­tribute to preterm or low birth­weight infants.

8. Even when wis­dom teeth erupt through the gum tis­sues, they rarely pro­vide any mean­ing­ful func­tion and are always dif­fi­cult to keep clean.

7. In some cases, impacted wis­dom teeth develop asso­ci­ated cysts and/​or tumors. Removal of such lesions may require exten­sive pro­ce­dures to repair and restore jaw func­tion and appearance.

6. With age, the chance for com­pli­ca­tions related to the removal of wis­dom teeth increases.

5. Gum dis­ease and inflam­ma­tion asso­ci­ated with wis­dom teeth may lead to reced­ing gum tis­sues, dete­ri­o­ra­tion of the jaw­bone and tooth loss.

4. Wis­dom teeth may con­tribute to crowd­ing of nearby teeth.

3. Even wis­dom teeth that seem to be problem-​​free (asymp­to­matic) remain a breed­ing ground for oral infec­tion and inflam­ma­tion. Research sup­ports the con­cept that such inflam­ma­tion may enter the blood­stream and con­tribute to the devel­op­ment and/​or pro­gres­sion of a vari­ety of dis­eases, includ­ing dia­betes, car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease and stroke.

2. Once it has been deter­mined that a wis­dom tooth will not suc­cess­fully erupt into your mouth and be main­tained in a healthy state, early removal of wis­dom teeth is asso­ci­ated with faster and eas­ier recovery.

1. The Num­ber One Rea­son for Remov­ing Your Wis­dom Teeth - Peace of Mind.