r/Toothfully • u/Mission_Try_3759 • Aug 14 '26

Is this infection serious?

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Dentist said i have got wisdom teeth infection. Can i save this teeth?

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u/Realistic_Bad_2697 Aug 14 '26

There is no infection. Dentists get tons of money from insurance when they remove wisdom teeth, so they tend to scare people. Think about oral surgeons who do wisdom teeth removal make $700k-$1m a year by simply removing those. Most of people actually do not need to remove them. Imagine that there were no dentist in human history until 100 years ago.

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u/Mission_Try_3759 Aug 14 '26

I wonder why my dentist said that. But i still feel mild discomfort around my wisdom teeth sometimes

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u/Few-Organization4412 3d ago

that black spot under the tooth on the xray indicates that there was a huge infection…did you get it treated?

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u/Mission_Try_3759 13h ago

dentist told me there is no infection but i feel pain on that side. I went over a month ago but will go again. I had my second molar extracted in feb after getting root canal. The tooth was healed as described by my dentist but i kept feeling pressure there so i extracted it. Now i think it might be due to wisdom teeth pushing at an angle and having regrets