Benefit and Description: Wisdom teeth are removed to prevent crowding of the back teeth and swollen, painful gums. Your jaw may not be large enough to accommodate your wisdom teeth, and they may become impacted and unable to break through the gums. Sometimes wisdom teeth break through the gums only part of the way causing surrounding gum tissue to grow over them. Food and bacteria can become trapped under this flap of tissue possibly leading to infection. Other problems can also occur when wisdom teeth come in at an awkward angle causing damage
