Wisdom teeth problems

[ManyAMoon]

Ds turns 25 this week and has flown away on holiday with his friends. He called me this morning for advice as he had woken up with terrible toothache. Looks like one of his wisdom teeth is coming through and has sort of half come through. He has a white lump one side which may well be the tooth but it’s impossible to tell.

He’s gone away anyway and is booked in with the emergency dentist Thursday morning when he gets back.

I don’t have wisdom teeth so not sure what they will do. I guess they need to check it has space? It looks absolutely massive. I have checked where the emergency dentist is where he’s staying just in case 😂 - he did say it has been a bit painful before but then it goes away and he just assumed it was ‘normal’ teething!

It might be impacted and not able to come through the gum fully, which leaves you more open to infections.

I remember having to go through 3 infections before I could have them removed. This was a while ago, so no idea what the rule is now, given the state of NHS dentistry. Salt water rinsing would be the first course of action and maybe antibiotics if the infection has set in.

My dentist won't deal with them now-you need to be referred on. If you can afford it, I would look into private removal, depending how bad it is. X-rays will show how bad it's likely to be.
On a positive note, some people found they settled. Some found it quite easy having it removed. Don't do what one person I know did, kept leaving it, eventually applied to have it removed, the removal failed and it was left as a failed removal for months.

Thanks for the advice - for him to complain about the pain it must be pretty bad as he’s one of those people who never complains. Fingers crossed it doesn’t worsen once he’s away and they can deal with it when he’s back