| It is often necessary to make a small cut in the gum over the wisdom tooth, and to remove some bone so that the tooth can be lifted out. |
| When conducted by a qualified implantologist an implant placement involves no more risk than the removal of a wisdom tooth. |
| Gum disease can affect the first and second molars and the bone surrounding the tooth, as well as the impacted wisdom tooth. |
| Once adequate anesthesia is achieved an incision is made in your gums adjacent to the probable location of the wisdom tooth to be removed. |
| My wisdom tooth is freshly drilled and filled, and it feels great to have had it sorted. |
| Which is how I once again came to be in the dentist chair that I had been trying to weasel out of, getting my wisdom tooth removed. |
