I am 43, have impacted wisdom at bottom left, been warned about the numbness thing between lip and law already by oral surgeon. Tooth caught between nerve etc under gum. Its causing pain, but the hospital want me to try other options first in case its not the tooth he said, he told me to return to dentist in case its a leaky filling that could be causing the pain. Then to get it re filled first. I had Xray taken of wisdom, but its 8wk for the 3D Xray, I am in UK on nhs side.
The dentist that originally referred me to hospital is a new dentist I have joined, this dentist did not orig put in my old filling, its been in there a few years now. Surgeon is also making me a grinding thing to wear at night in case its that and not the wisdom tooth, I know they taking all precautions but I feel they don't know what it is. Its like guessing games really.
The pain comes from the wisdom area, either sharp going to ear or dull ache. My tooth is in upright position slight bent towards back, the top part but not a lot. Its right next to my molar with a very slight gap between.
My wish would be just to get the thing out and done with. But now hear these stories about the numbness etc, when I had others out years ago was fine. But I was younger then.
If it remains there wont it cause my other teeth to shift? or problems with them? Plus the pain will just get worse over time I would have thought?