How painful is it to have wisdom teeth removed?

Only when you suffer from tooth-related diseases or you have wisdom teeth, you will know how important it is to have a good set of teeth. During the growth stage of wisdom teeth, it can already cause people obvious and perceptible pain, and severe cases require timely hospital treatment. When wisdom teeth are fully developed, they can be removed. So how painful is it to remove wisdom teeth?

Wisdom tooth refers to the third molar on the innermost alveolar bone in the human mouth, which is exactly the eighth tooth counting from the central incisor. Because it erupts very late, generally between the ages of 16 and 25, when a person's physical and psychological development are close to maturity, it symbolizes the "arrival of wisdom" and is therefore commonly called "wisdom tooth." There are great differences between individuals in the growth of wisdom teeth. Normally, there should be four teeth that are symmetrical in the upper and lower left and right directions. Some people have less than four or even none, and very few people have more than four. The age difference of eruption is also very large. For some people, it erupts before the age of 20, some people erupt at the age of 40 or 50, or never erupt in their lifetime. This is all normal.

Is it painful to have wisdom teeth removed?

Some people say that wisdom tooth extraction is very painful, while others say that it doesn’t feel anything. That’s because everyone’s wisdom tooth condition is different.

Some people's wisdom teeth have already come out and can be seen directly, but some people's wisdom teeth have not yet fully grown out.

If it has not fully grown out, you will need to open the flesh and then take the wisdom tooth out. It feels like surgery and will be quite painful.

For some people, wisdom teeth have already grown out, so extracting wisdom teeth is similar to extracting a normal tooth.

The difference is the position of the teeth. Because of this, one injection of anesthesia may not be enough when extracting wisdom teeth.

Everyone's teeth grow at a different speed. For those that grow slowly, the pain will last longer or be more severe. For those that grow quickly, they can just be pulled out early.