If you have a dental emergency, contact our Philadelphia dental office now at (215) 575-0550. Adults who didn't have their wisdom teeth removed may one day find themselves in the middle of a dental emergency.
Impacted wisdom teeth are painful and dangerous to your oral health. At our Dentistry for Life office in Philadelphia emergency wisdom tooth removal is offered so you can schedule appointments seven days a week so you never have to suffer longer than necessary with a dental emergency.
For most adults, there is simply not enough room in their jaw to accommodate third molars. Other teeth are in the way. The location of wisdom teeth - crammed into the back of your jaw - can also cause them to be horizontally aligned or angled. If they're not in the proper position, wisdom teeth can't erupt, and that leads to impacted wisdom teeth.
When a tooth is impacted, it can be partially erupted or still under the gum line, causing painful but sometimes invisible problems. Symptoms of an impacted wisdom tooth can include:
When teens see their Philadelphia dentist regularly and have x-rays taken annually, they are monitored for the eruption of their wisdom teeth. Recommendations for removal of the third molars are made when it is clear the teeth could eventually cause oral health problems. Sometimes the best move is to remove the teeth long before they can erupt.
However, not every patient acts on this diagnosis. The result? An adult who is afflicted with partially erupted, infected, or impacted wisdom teeth, creating the need for emergency wisdom tooth removal with emergency dentistry. At Dentistry for Life we are here for you, that's why we strive to provide some of the most gentle and best emergency wisdom tooth removal Phildelphia has to offer.
Wisdom teeth, once they start causing problems, will never self-correct. In fact, they could wreak some major havoc if you wait too long to address their presence.
Wisdom teeth get their name because they usually appear in a person's late teens or early 20s, a time when they are, presumably, "wiser" than in childhood when other permanent teeth erupt.
The general belief is that wisdom teeth were once important to survival. Tooth loss was likely common among early men and women who had no concept of good oral health. These "extra" molars could have easily moved into any holes created by lost teeth to make it possible for early men and women to continue to chew. Evolution is the most reasonable explanation for the modern irrelevance of wisdom teeth.
Some of our patients never have any difficulty with their wisdom teeth. Others experience serious pain and infection from troublesome wisdom teeth that were not removed in adolescence. If you need emergency wisdom tooth removal, contact our Philadelphia dental office to schedule an appointment with one of our Philadelphia dentists. We have office hours seven days a week so you feel confident that dental care is available whenever you need it.
If you have a dental emergency, Contact Dentistry for Life right now at (215) 575-0550.
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Our office is located at 1601 Walnut Street #1217 in Philadelphia. We offer appointments seven days a week to make dental care convenient for you and your schedule:
