Question about a wisdom tooth problem - Dental Health Message Board

Big Pooh · 09-07-2004, 03:02 PM

I've had a throbbing pain in one of my wisdom teeth the last couple of days. At first I couldnt see anything wrong, but today I looked at it from the side and I have a hole in it. I scheduled an appointment for this week at the dentist. Would it be better just to get it cut out or filled?

Kikki · 09-07-2004, 03:31 PM

There is almost a 100% chance the dentist will say have it removed - even fully erupted wisdom teeth are hard to take care of properly and therefore are prone to problems. It isn't worth trying to fill. However, extraction is quite a simple process- search this board and read some of the previous posts about wisdom tooth removal - almost everyone says it wasn't nearly as bad as they had expected.

Doppler4000 · 09-07-2004, 08:28 PM

You'll probably end up getting it out... and consider getting any of the other ones you might have out at the same time, too.

If you've got a visible hole and that much pain, that tooth is probably already beyond what would even be worth attempting to fix.