What Wisdom Tooth Removal Looks Like From Your Dentist’s Perspective (Hint: It’s Not Fun)

If you’ve already had your wisdom teeth removed then you know how lucky you are to be done with that nightmare. Wisdom teeth are our third set of molars located in the furthest depths of the mouth. They’re also one of the most useless human body parts, even if they are the reason for some pretty funny post-op patient videos. As much as you might have hated having your wisdom teeth removed, you’d be lying if you said you haven’t thought about what it looks like from the oral surgeon’s perspective.
The majority of wisdom teeth become partially or fully trapped below the gums, which creates a hard-to-reach space where bacteria can grow, eventually resulting in pain, inflammation, infection, and potentially tooth decay. Dentists tend to decide when wisdom tooth removal is necessary based on these signs. Wisdom tooth removal entails an incision in the gum tissue, removal of bones that block the tooth root, breaking the tooth down in sections, and removing each piece of the divided tooth. Besides some cleaning and stitching, the procedure is actually pretty quick, but certainly not painless.