Impacted Wisdom Teeth Lake Charles LA
What is an impacted tooth?
Although most people develop and grow 32 permanent adult teeth, many times their jaws are too small to accommodate the four wisdom teeth. When inadequate space prevents the teeth from erupting they are called impacted wisdom teeth. This indicates their inability to erupt into the proper position for chewing and cleaning.
Do You Want Your Wisdom Teeth Removed?
If your wisdom teeth are causing you pain or you want to avoid future problems, contact our office to schedule an appointment.
Types Of Impactions
We will need to see you for a consultation to determine if you will benefit from wisdom tooth removal. A special x-ray of your mouth and jaws (panorex) will be taken to determine if your wisdom teeth are impacted, if there is room for them to erupt, and how difficult it will be to have them removed.
- Soft Tissue Impaction: There is not enough room to allow the gum tissue to retract for adequate cleaning of the tooth.
- Partial Bony Impaction: There is enough space to allow the wisdom tooth to partially erupt. However, the tooth cannot function properly in the chewing process, and creates cleaning problems, among others.
- Complete Bony Impaction: There is NO space for the tooth to erupt. It remains embedded in the jaw bone or if even partially visible requires complex surgical techniques for removal. The impacted wisdom tooth may also be in an unusual position and difficult to remove. This situation can also arise when the shape or size of the jaw bone and other facial structures make removal of this tooth significantly more complex.
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Dr. Boudreaux and his team did an amazing job rom bing all four of my wisdom teeth. This is day two and I’m barely in any pain at all. His stuff are the best people ever, genuinely kind & caring for each patient. Very easy to get in the work very fast to get me scheduled in and I was in and out in no time. To top it off the day I got back Dr B himself took time out in his day to call and leave a voice mail checking on me and making sure I am good and have his time 24/7. Now how many dr offices around here you know that actually does all that! I will recommended and will go back(if anything needed) with out hesitation!
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I've read the reviews and honestly the low reviews just aren't fair, the entire office was just Wonderful! I had to have a wisdom tooth pulled during the covid mess. The staff took serious care to keep them and myself away from all risk possible of covid, bringing papers to my car, opening all doors ext. All of the staff asked if I had any questions more than once. Dr. Boudreaux explained why my tooth was hurting and how he would remove it, also explained the condition of all my wisdom teeth. When I told him I'd really wanted to at least get both the lower ones out he was just fine adding more work in, so I asked about an upper that would be a problem eventually. He was happy to help with that also. The other upper he said he'd take out if I wanted but really felt it was very unlikely to ever be a problem, so dont tell me their money hungry! Afterwards he came back in after I was awake to see if I had questions and check on me. My nurse took me out to meet my ride and gave her all the instructions on care that were also given to me. And Dr. Boudreaux called me himself to check on me, go over care and eating instructions and offered again a chance to ask questions about any of the procedure. They even waited to take my partial denture out till I was asleep and put it back before I woke up, they could see that my denture is embarrassing to me so they took care of me with that too. No judgment at all!!! Pricing actually isn't bad for what your getting, 2 years ago another dr doing just one wisdom tooth under iv sedation was 300 more than this place so that's something to think about... I can't thank this place enough for the great care they gave me, special thanks to my "Leo" nurse for being Amazing!
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