Wisdom Tooth Pain

Have you been having sleepless night because of the wisdom tooth pain that's bugging you? Pain from erupting wisdom tooth is common and can subside with pain killer. During eruption, the pain last for only a few days.

However, most of the time adult experiences pain of wisdom tooth because of onset of tooth decay. This is one of the problems of tooth decay. Decay wisdom tooth may affect the nerve which causes the pain. In worse cases, it may also affect the adjacent second molar. The adjacent teeth will have a higher chance of decay and will also have to be extracted.

So, get your wisdom tooth extracted if you experience pain and swelling and tenderness around your gums. For most people, wisdom tooth has to be removed because cleaning it thoroughly is not easy and food particles are often trapped because of malalignment of wisdom tooth in our small jaw. Putting off extraction of wisdom tooth will only lead to more problem and severe pain.

The pain from extraction of wisdom tooth is alot lesser than the days/weeks of unbearable pain of decaying wisdom tooth. In fact, the extraction is simpler and lesser pain when it's done early enough. It gets more complicated as you get older because of hardening of the roots of the teeth as the teeth mature.