Wisdom tooth removal in Coimbatore

Wisdom tooth pain treatment first, removal once the infection settles

If you arrive with an infected, swollen gum over the tooth, we clean the area and treat the infection first, then remove the tooth once the swelling has settled, usually within a week. Removing a tooth through active infection hurts more and heals worse, so we do not rush that part.

Not every wisdom tooth needs to come out. We remove a wisdom tooth that is causing or will cause harm: repeated infection, decay in it or the tooth in front, a cyst, or damage to the bite. A trouble-free impacted wisdom tooth is watched, not removed. A Cochrane review (2020) found insufficient evidence to support removing trouble-free impacted wisdom teeth as a routine, and we do not do it.

Lower wisdom teeth sit near a nerve. There is a small risk of numbness of the lip, chin or tongue after a lower impacted removal, temporary in most cases and rarely lasting. The CBCT scan tells us exactly how close your root is, and we tell you your own risk, not a general one, before you consent.

Dry socket is more common here than after other extractions. A lost clot around day three is considerably more likely after an impacted lower wisdom tooth than after a routine extraction (Blum, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2002), and more likely again in smokers. That is why the 24-hour rules matter, and why we ask you to call the moment pain gets worse instead of better. Individual healing varies with the depth of the tooth, your general health and whether you smoke.

Not during the procedure; the area is fully numbed and you feel pressure, not pain. Expect three to five days of soreness and swelling afterwards for an impacted tooth, managed with what we advise.

Swelling peaks on day two or three and settles within a week. Most people are back at desk work in one to two days. The socket closes over in two to three weeks. Individual healing varies.

No. We remove the ones causing or likely to cause trouble and watch the rest. We usually do one side at a time so you can still eat comfortably.

If it is trouble-free, we watch it at your check-ups. If it is packing food, decaying the tooth in front, or flaring up repeatedly, leaving it means more infections and a harder removal later.

Yes. At our Vadavalli clinic wisdom teeth are removed under local anaesthetic, and most impacted teeth are done comfortably this way in 30 to 60 minutes.

Late teens to late twenties is the easiest window, because the roots are shorter and the bone is softer. Later is still fine; it just tends to mean a slightly longer recovery.

₹1,500 to ₹4,000 for an erupted wisdom tooth, ₹4,500 to ₹8,500 for a partly impacted one and ₹6,500 to ₹12,000 for a fully impacted one, per tooth. Prices are indicative and confirmed after clinical examination.