Sore throat after wisdom tooth extraction

Since the growth of wisdom teeth of many people is irregular, if wisdom teeth are in their mouths, it is easy for food to get stuck, which can easily cause inflammation of wisdom teeth. When the wisdom tooth inflammation reaches a more serious stage, you need to go to the dental hospital to remove it, because this is the best way to eradicate the wisdom tooth inflammation. But is it normal to find a sore throat after the wisdom tooth is removed?

Why does my throat hurt after wisdom tooth extraction?

Sore throat after wisdom tooth extraction is not uncommon in clinical practice, especially after the extraction of mandibular wisdom teeth. The growth of wisdom teeth is very complicated, and some wisdom tooth extraction surgeries require a long operation time and great trauma (such as cutting the gums, removing bones, separating roots, etc.). For particularly complicated ones, hospitalization is required for extraction. The corresponding swelling after the operation will also be obvious. Since there are many anatomical spaces in the oral and maxillofacial area, the swelling can spread to the throat, causing swelling in the throat. In addition, if your general condition is not good before and after tooth extraction, such as catching a cold, staying up late, or having chronic pharyngitis or tonsillitis, it may also cause or aggravate sore throat.

Recommendation: If a single wisdom tooth does not become seriously inflamed when it is growing and does not have much impact on your life, it is recommended to wait until both wisdom teeth on one side are removed at the same time, otherwise you will have to experience the same pain four times.

The wound has just healed after tooth extraction. At this time, the local fibroblasts have just extended and grown from the alveolar bone wall toward the blood clot, and gradually organized the blood clot to make it firm and strong. Regarding the question of how long you can brush your teeth after tooth extraction, generally speaking, you should not rinse your mouth, let alone brush your teeth, within 24 hours after tooth extraction. If you are in a hurry to rinse your mouth and brush your teeth, you may rinse or brush away the blood clot and cause further bleeding, or cause an empty tooth socket and lead to unbearable pain "dry socket", which will prolong the healing time.

Two hours after tooth extraction, if there is no abnormality such as bleeding, swelling or pain in the mouth, you can eat. It is best to eat some liquid food. It is not advisable to eat hard, too hot, too cold or other irritating food. Because it takes dozens of hours for the blood clot in the alveolar socket to generate new granulation tissue, it is best to eat some liquid food. This way, on the one hand, you can replenish your body's strength, and on the other hand, you can better protect the tooth extraction wound.

The dangers of wisdom tooth extraction

1. Induce pericoronitis of wisdom teeth:

Because wisdom tooth extraction will cause local trauma (such as bite injury to the opposing teeth), these traumas can induce pericoronitis of wisdom teeth. Because the eruption of the mandibular third molar (i.e. wisdom tooth) often lacks sufficient space and is easily impacted, this situation is more common in wisdom teeth. Common impaction conditions in clinical practice include mesial impaction, horizontal impaction and vertical impaction. Therefore, if there is no care after wisdom tooth extraction, it is easy to induce pericoronitis.

2. Induce pulpitis:

The biggest harm that wisdom teeth cause to people is that they can easily cause food impaction. This is because if a person's wisdom teeth cannot grow completely to their normal position, it is easy for food residues, bacteria, etc. to be retained in the gap between the wisdom teeth and the adjacent teeth in front of them. This can easily cause caries of the adjacent teeth in front of the wisdom teeth, and may slowly develop into pulpitis.

3. Cause adjacent teeth to loosen:

The alveolar bone in the wisdom tooth area is also easily absorbed, causing the teeth in front of the wisdom teeth to loosen. Wisdom teeth that fail to fully erupt are very prone to pericoronitis, which is more likely to occur when one is tired or has low body resistance. Pericoronitis may recur, and if not treated actively, it may lead to infection in the oral and maxillofacial space, causing the adjacent teeth to loosen.

The growth of wisdom teeth can easily cause pain and oral inflammation, and may also cause swollen cheeks, or induce tooth decay, jaw pain, etc. However, for some people, the symptoms do not affect the growth of wisdom teeth. Therefore, if you observe through X-rays that the position of wisdom teeth is not growing well, then removing the wisdom teeth is the right choice, otherwise it will affect oral health.