What are the symptoms of wisdom tooth problems?
Wisdom teeth often cause no symptoms. Symptoms that may mean your wisdom teeth need to be removed include: Pain or jaw stiffness near an impacted tooth. Pain or irritation from a tooth coming in at an awkward angle and rubbing against your cheek, tongue, or top or bottom of the mouth. An infected swelling in the flap of gum tissue that has formed on top of an impacted tooth that has partially broken through the gum. Crowding of other teeth. Tooth decay or gum disease if theres not enough room to properly care for the wisdom tooth and surrounding teeth. Most problems with wisdom teeth develop in people between the ages of 15 and 25. Few people older than 30 develop problems that require removal of their wisdom teeth.
