Understanding the Causes and Signs of Impaction Molar Tooth Infection

Not a few people who complain of wisdom teeth or youngest molars are sick. Pain and pain, can be mild to severe. What do you think, who likes to make this wisdom teeth hurt?

The cause of wisdom teeth is molars
Wisdom teeth are the last teeth that grow in our mouth. This tooth is also at the very last position, the backmost of all teeth. These molars usually grow when you reach the age of 17-25 years.

Generally, each person has four wisdom teeth. The position is in the upper right, upper left, lower right, and lower left. However, not everyone has wisdom teeth in these 4 positions. Some people even don't grow at all. This is also influenced by genetic factors or their respective offspring.


When wisdom teeth appear, often the growth does not go up but tear the gums of other parts. Well, this condition is called impaction.

This impacted tooth can appear in various directions. Some grow tilted forward, sideways, do not come out perfectly, and some are embedded in the jaw.

This can occur because the position of the tooth seeds is indeed not straight, the lack of space for these teeth can be caused by small jaws, heredity, and others.

The process of growing this tooth often causes pain because the wisdom teeth can "hit" the teeth in front of it. As a result, this impact can cause inflammation in the gums around the teeth, pain of infection that extends to the cheeks, pain in the jaw, and even difficult for you to open your mouth.

The position of the teeth that grow tilted can also cause food to be tucked away between the wisdom teeth and the molars in front of them, so that the molars in front of them are at risk of being hollow. If the hole is about the nerve of the tooth, the pain that arises can be very painful.

The youngest teeth that grow perfectly also have the risk of holes because the position on the end is difficult to clean so that the risk of holes. But not all wisdom teeth have problems, there are also teeth that grow perfectly. Pain will arise if there is only impaction.

Are there any signs of problematic wisdom teeth?



There are several signs and symptoms of wisdom teeth impaction:

- Pain at the end of the rear molars
- Visible gums at the end of the red, swollen, even festering
- Can occur swelling to the cheeks so that the face does not look symmetrical
- It's hard to open your mouth
- There is pain in the joint in front of the ear
- wisdom teeth or teeth in front of them with holes
- Frequent pain appears to the head

In certain conditions cysts or tumors can appear that are triggered by impaction of wisdom teeth, but this condition is rare.

Then, how to overcome this dental problem?
The youngest impacted tooth is recommended to be revoked if signs of disease are found such as untreated tooth holes, recurrent infections, broken teeth that cannot be treated, and signs of other diseases that indicate that the tooth is problematic.

If there is inflammation of the gums or infection, the dentist will usually prescribe antibiotics and pain relief until inflammation subsides. When it has subsided, the most appropriate action for teeth that have been problematic is the removal of wisdom teeth with an odontectomy procedure.

Odontectomy is the term extraction of wisdom teeth which is often referred to as "small surgery". Basically, odontectomy is not much different from extracting ordinary molars, such as the presence of anesthetic processes and tooth extraction. The difference in wisdom teeth surgery usually occurs when a part of the tooth is in the bone so that the extraction requires opening of the gums and taking a small portion of the jaw bone.

It should be understood that taking medication alone is not enough because the drug is only symptomatic or relieves symptoms of temporary pain. Whereas the teeth for which the problem has not been resolved are likely later to recur as long as the teeth have not been removed.

If you have four wisdom teeth that need to be removed, removing all the teeth at once with general anesthesia can be considered. If you want to do an odontectomy procedure, you generally have to do a radiographic examination to see the position of the tooth so that it can determine the difficulty of the action. The x-ray used for odontectomy is panoramic. Odontectomy can be performed by a general dentist for simple impaction cases or a dental specialist in Oral Surgery (Sp. BM) if the impacted case is more complex.

How to prevent the youngest molars from being troubled?
To prevent wisdom teeth from getting sick, it's a good idea to occasionally check the development of wisdom teeth at the age of 17 years. If you see a hard white bulge in the back of the gum and cause symptoms, immediately come to the dentist. In addition, you must maintain oral hygiene by brushing your teeth 2 times a day at the right time and make sure the toothbrush to the tip teeth to prevent hollow teeth.