Re: Horizontally Impacted Wisdom Tooth

Fran L wrote:
Eight years ago, I had a Panorex done. The dentist told me to see an
oral surgeon who said he saw what looked like a cyst on tooth #17. I
went for a second opinion to the oral surgeon I had used before and is
really well respected in my commnity. He said it doesn't look like a
cyst and leave it alone. I was 51 years old then.

Three years ago, I had an extraction on another tooth by another oral
surgeon, also well recommended. He took a Panorex and said he sees "some
pathology", not sure but to leave it alone.

The reason I am writing now is because since I had the guided tissue
regeneration procedure last month on tooth #11, I have had an on and off
sour taste. It seems to be coming from the area in back of the impacted
wisdom tooth which is nowhere near 11although on the same side. Or
coming from the inside of my cheek. I know I have asked about the wisdom
tooth before and at the age of 59, you all said leave it alone if it's
asymptomatic.

I have no pain or swelling from that area. My question is can a cyst in
this tooth which is horizontally impacted and buried, not visible cause
a bad taste? I am hoping that it's related to the procedure I had done
but getting nervous about this. The taste is not constant and some days
I don't have it at all. I see my periodontist on Monday for a follow up
of tooth 11 but any opinions here would be appreciated.




------------------------------------------------------------------------


Obviously the dentist who examines you will know better. But most of the horizontally impacted wisdom teeth I've seen don't communicate with the surface. If they do (they can) and get infected you'd probably have tenderness and obvious drainage over the area.
My blind guess is it's tooth 11.

Steve
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Might not look like a milestone ...
    ... aftermath of dental torture. ... I went to the dentist with a *huge* swelling in my lower jaw where a wisdom tooth never came through. ... confirmed it is a cyst & didn't give me the option of anything but urgent hospital referral. ... incision of gum plus excision of cyst and cyst lining plus extraction of non-grown tooth. ...
    (alt.support.stop-smoking)
  • Re: Wisdom Tooth Extraction - Nerve Damage ?
    ... the dentists but I would like to know from this group what problems I ... Despite one of your clinicians using the word "cyst", ... This can't be done until the tooth and adjacent tooth follicle tissue is ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Re: Dentigerous Cyst Symptoms
    ... of my cheek on that side was a little sore, I often get canker type of ... a little oval sore which looks like it has a hole, a crater, about ... 1/4" away from tooth 18. ... Could a cyst around a wisdom tooth cause ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Re: gum boil
    ... I had a root canal done in an upper molar ... Do you think I will end up losing the tooth, or is there a chance the ... It didn't clear up with antibiotics and the x-ray showed a cyst ... >this meant he couldn't do the op and that my dentist would have to extract ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Re: gum boil
    ... I had a root canal done in an upper molar ... Do you think I will end up losing the tooth, or is there a chance the ... It didn't clear up with antibiotics and the x-ray showed a cyst ... >this meant he couldn't do the op and that my dentist would have to extract ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
Quantcast