Risks and Complications of Impacted Wisdom Teeth Surgery

• Prolonged pain
• Prolonged bleeding
• Prolonged swelling due to oedema or blood clot
• Prolonged period of disability (e.g limitation in mouth opening)
• Acute/chronic/local/general infection
• Medical problems arising during the post-op recovery period
• Injury to adjacent teeth/hard/soft tissues
• Numbness of the lower li, chin and/or tongue
• Dry socket
• Bone infection
• Jaw fracture
• Presence of portion of tooth intentionally left in socket
• Presence of portion of tooth unintentionally left in socket
• Displacement of tooth, tooth fragments into adjacent anatomical sites (e.g airway, gut etc)