I have a lower wisdom tooth which is impacted. It's grown in sideways but has never caused me any pain or issues. I had an x-ray at the dentist a few months ago which showed that the wisdom tooth had damaged my molar and as a result I needed a very large filling and was referred to have the wisdom tooth out. During the filling, my dentist had to file (?) away the wisdom tooth so he could access my molar to do the filling, so now the wisdom tooth doesn't touch the molar and there's a pretty big gap there for me to floss between. I was referred because I think the roots are near the nerve or something (can't remember what my dentist said).
My appointment to have the wisdom tooth out is in a few days. I'm terrified and don't want it removed. It's not causing me any issues or pain, it no longer touches the molar so can't damage it any further and whilst food does get trapped there I am very strict with my oral hygiene and floss everyday etc. I've only had one filling my life, which was the molar I mentioned above.
I've heard there are options with removing wisdom teeth but leaving the roots in - is that something the NHS dentist might suggest?
I'm never normally like this and am not usually scared of the dentist.