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Q: What should you do about a cracked wisdom tooth and a swollen gum?
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Are swollen glands and a foul mouth taste common after wisdom tooth removal?

Yes.


Can lymph nodes be a symptom of wisdom teeth extraction?

I haven't yet had my wisdom tooth out, but I have had alot of pain with it. For the past few months a lymph node in my neck has been swollen. Both the dentist and the doctor has assured me that it is because of and infection in my wisdom tooth. maybe you have just got an infection from getting the tooth removed.


What would cause a new tooth to break out of your gums if you have had your wisdom teeth taken out already and are 26?

if you have another tooth pushing it out , and it the tooth is comming from a different spot. It might be a surnumerary tooth - an extra wisdom tooth. But this should have been seen on a panoramic x-ray if it was taken in your late teens. It also might be a peace of root that was left out from the extraction of the wisdom tooth that was there.


What is the other name for a wisdom tooth?

Normally a wisdom tooth is a third molar.


Can you get a wisdom tooth at sixty?

No. I am 61 and just had a wisdom tooth removed. No problem.


Which would be an example of a wisdom tooth creating havoc?

a wisdom tooth beginning to protrude


What is the difference between a molar tooth and a wisdom tooth?

A wisdom tooth is one of the three molars. A molar is defined as a tooth with four cusps or points, and the wisdom tooth is simply the last molar to erupt and farthest back in the jaw.


Could you use swollen in a sentence?

My cheek was swollen after I had a tooth extracted.


What should you do if you have a cracked wisdom with the outer side gone and recently has been giving you a great amount of pain?

If it's a wisdom tooth it needs to be removed. But it could be another molar; it's easy to confuse them. If it's another molar, it needs to be looked at to see if it can be saved and how. Either way, you need to see a dentist.


Can wisdom teeth cause spitting or talking to hurt?

yes it can, i had my face swollen and pain when my first wisdon tooth came out. i went to dentist and he prescribed me with amoxcilin medication for infection.


Why do you have to have your wisdom teeth extracted when they come in?

Wisdom teeth should be extracted when they push and damage the 7th tooth while they grow, also when they develop a cyst or cause an infection, and wisdom teeth are removed if they're causing problems with prosthesis. Here's an interesting video about wisdom tooth extraction.


When wisdom tooth appears?

the wisdom tooth is the last tooth to erupt which erupts any time around 18 to 24 years of age.