Dentist wants to remove my wisdom teeth, really?

[ZoeHillo]

Never had an issue with my wisdom teeth and never needed a filling since I was a kid.

Anyway I joined a new dentist recently and had an introductory checkup. They said my partially impacted lower wisdom teeth might be causing decay on my second molars, and so should be removed.

They then x-rayed me, and said its hard to tell, but there may be some dark spots where my wisdom teeth are touching my second molars, and causing decay, and so his recommendation is to remove them.

Now I'm not adverse to preventive maintenance, pain, and I'm not bothered about the cost, it's more the risks involved, especially nerve damage.

They did a CT scan on me and said it's fine, that the nerves go round the teeth, that they are single roots and they aren't twisted, but I remain sceptical.

I'm just wondering what the PH collective would do?

I can stick up an x-ray if there are any dentists here?

[Victordark]

I think it is better to show the picture to the dentist in person than to throw it on the forum.

[JoeIskor]

You say you had four wisdom teeth removed. Have you thought about keeping them? Was it indispensable to remove them? I am sure that every good dentist will save the tooth and not remove it. I had a similar problem as you. I had two wisdom teeth on my lower jaw that were painful. I went to smiledoctors.com (https://smiledoctors.com/locations/irving-belt-line/) and made an appointment. I was sure that these teeth would need to be extracted. All my friends and family were telling me about it. But when I went to see the dentist, he told me that the best way out of my situation would be to keep my wisdom teeth. I was lucky because I went to the dentist when the pain began, and he recommended that I keep them. The dentist prescribed treatment, and I was able to keep my wisdom teeth.