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Attempts to contact a politician on Monday failed for a long time. It was only in the afternoon that a member of the Seimas reacted and announced that he was in the hospital.
The politician immediately assured him that nothing very serious had happened: he had undergone an operation to extract a mental tooth.
“I feel good, the drugs are still working, nothing hurts,” replied A. Veryga tvga.lt.
The former health minister is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Monday night.
A. Veryga’s agenda establishes that the politician should already be at work on Wednesday; in the morning he will participate in the Seimas session.
Mental teeth become unnecessary
The portal tv3.lt wrote on Monday about when to extract mental teeth. “Smile Academy” oral surgeon Justė Strups says that about a fifth of people do not have mental tooth eruptions.
Mental teeth usually appear between the ages of 17 and 22, but can erupt later. J. Strups says that in his practice there was also a case where a mental tooth began to erupt in a patient who entered his seventies.
According to scientists, due to diet change and consumption of processed foods, mental teeth become unnecessary for a person to ensure chewing function and should disappear completely over time. Already, about 20 percent. human populations do not have the buds of these teeth.
A large proportion of people experience signs of inflammation of the mental teeth, such as pain, swelling, and sometimes it is difficult to get sick. These symptoms are often caused by an abnormal position of the tooth bud, a lack of space in the dental arch that causes mental teeth to not germinate at all or to germinate crookedly. In addition, mental teeth are difficult to clean, they accumulate faster due to the accumulation of plaque.
The problem starts with gnashing of teeth
Discomfort with mental teeth begins as they germinate. If you experience pain or bleeding gums, doctors advise you to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and to clean the sore area very carefully.
“Patients are afraid to clean because they are bleeding. This is how we enter the vicious cycle: the inflammation progresses and the pain and bleeding do not stop. As a general rule, we recommend that patients use only one toothbrush and rinse with 0.12% chlorhexidine solution during germination, but not longer than 2 weeks, ”says Strups.
To assess the situation, it is advisable to consult a dentist or oral hygienist to professionally remove inflammatory factors and, in case of recurrence, an appointment for an extraction procedure.
In the rare cases where the mental teeth, also called third molars, germinate correctly and are useful, perform the chewing function perfectly, often leading to problems with the adjacent second molars.
According to research, more than 25 percent. In addition to mental cases, caries of the distal surface of the second molar develops, up to 37%. The cases result in peripheral bone paralysis around the second molars. Therefore, it is necessary to visit a dentist or oral hygienist regularly, to assess the condition even of the already erupted adjacent and mental teeth and surrounding tissues.
Tooth extraction is the usual recommendation.
Don’t be surprised if your dentist recommends extracting your mental teeth.
“Modern dental practice tries to preserve the natural tooth for as long as possible by applying the most modern treatments. Treatment (filling) of a mental defective tooth with incompletely eruption is impossible. Treatment of the gums can temporarily relieve inflammation of the gums, but only by surgical removal of the tooth itself is the problem completely eliminated and does not recur.
It is all the more necessary if we are faced with mental root fractures, recurrent inflammations, abscesses, odontogenic cysts, ”said J. Strups in a press release.
Asymptomatic mental tooth extraction is also done in order to straighten the teeth to create more space in the jaws.
According to the researchers, the lowest risk of complications for extracting mental teeth is extracting them in 15-25 years. in patients with at least two-thirds of the roots of the mental teeth formed, a greater distance to the nerve canal of the lower jaw, softer bone, and faster healing.
However, it is necessary to assess the physical and emotional maturity of each patient individually. For the analysis and treatment of the situation, patients are referred to a specialist: oral surgeon.
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