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By the doctors at Advanced Dentistry South Florida
As a teenager, summers are best known for making memories with friends and having fun in the sun. However, it’s a great time to schedule your teen’s wisdom teeth extraction, and the earlier you do it, the better! While this isn’t on every teenager’s summer to-do list, it can be the smartest thing they’ll do before school begins.
Having your teen’s wisdom teeth extracted during the summer will prevent disruption to their academic schedule. Plus, teens have fewer extracurricular activities and sports to work around during the summer.
Parents tend to prefer the summer months as well since vacation time from work is normally scheduled during this time, which allows the parent to spend time at home with the patient during recovery.
Typically, your teen will start to feel better within a couple of days and will need to adhere to a specific diet after the extraction has been performed. Doing this during the school year may result in days lost that he or she may have to make up later on, especially if there are any unforeseen complications after the procedure.
If your teen is set to go to college, schedule the extraction procedure no later than a few weeks before he or she departs for this next big step in life. With so many issues that arise in the first year of college, the last thing your adult child wants to worry about is the pain that comes from impacted wisdom teeth.
The longer you wait, the more susceptible your teen is to inflammation, cysts, cavities in the wisdom teeth, infection due to impacted wisdom teeth, and surrounding teeth being moved out
of position.
Schedule a visit to your Advanced Dentistry South Florida oral surgeon soon to evaluate your teen’s teeth and determine whether or not wisdom teeth extraction is recommended. If so, schedule the extraction for the summer and save you and your teen a lot of headache.
If you are in or around Delray Beach, call our Advanced Dentistry South Florida dental professionals today at 561-404-4083 to schedule your visit with one of our expert oral and maxillofacial surgeons. You can also visit us on the web at www.ad-sf.com for more information.
Advanced Dentistry South Florida
561-404-4083 www.ad-sf.com
Village Professional Center at 15340 Jog Road,
Suite 100, Delray Beach, FL 33446.
