Can a Cavity in a Wisdom Tooth Be Filled?

If you don't pay attention to oral hygiene in your daily life, it is easy to cause inflammation or cavities in wisdom teeth. When wisdom teeth develop cavities, timely treatment is necessary, usually through filling treatment, or filling the cavities, otherwise it will affect the health of wisdom teeth, and in severe cases, it may even affect the health of adjacent teeth.

Cavities in wisdom teeth, also known as caries or dental decay, require treatment based on the location, direction, and occlusion function of the wisdom teeth. If the position and direction of the wisdom teeth are correct, and they have normal occlusion function with the maxillary teeth or mandibular wisdom teeth, and can perform normal chewing function, conservative treatment should be adopted, such as deep caries treatment or root canal treatment for the cavities. However, if the position and direction of the wisdom teeth are abnormal, and they may even damage the adjacent teeth, then extraction is recommended instead of filling.

If wisdom teeth have tooth decay, except for shallow decay on the occlusal surface that can be filled, decay on adjacent surfaces requires high technical skills and may require root canal treatment. In such cases, extraction is generally recommended to eliminate future problems.

This is often not noticed by patients but diagnosed by dentists through X-ray examination. Due to insufficient space for wisdom teeth to erupt, they may lean on the second molar, making it difficult to clean and even causing partial absorption of the tooth, resulting in discomfort or toothache for patients.

Due to insufficient space, wisdom teeth often grow in irregular directions, making it difficult to clean them and leading to tooth decay.

Some wisdom teeth may cause pain during growth. Once they have fully grown, if their position is good, the pain will gradually disappear. If they do not affect chewing or aesthetics, there is no need to deliberately intervene.

When wisdom teeth hurt, you can grind anti-inflammatory medication into a powder and apply it to the painful tooth to temporarily relieve the pain. Before and after applying the medication, use mouthwash or dilute salt water to rinse your mouth.