Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

My only erupted (impacted also) wisdom tooth looks like the one in the second picture of this web page

http://www.greenville-scdentist.com/Wis ... le_SC.html

The other impacted teeth are horizontal as shown in the 1st picture of thie web page (labelled as horizontal)

http://www.wisdomteethimpacted.net/

Now tell me guys ...are these wisdom teeth causing my BB..I am going to get rid of them on next friday...
My dentist is not convinced that this is a cure
I am still hopeful...pls post your comments/ suggestions

i am no expert but i think the first one could be but probably not the second one


john, where are you from?

John, that second picture is exactly what my remaining wisdom tooth looks like. Infact it's poking out even less than that. There's a tiny hole in the gum where I can just about see a white bit of tooth inside the gum. I only noticed a few months ago that if I rub this area for a couple of seconds it sometimes leaves a stink on my finger. The smell is very similar to tonsil stone/flossing smell.

The tooth on the other side which I had out in 2009 was about 70% erupted, but it had kind of grown into the tissues at the back of my mouth. There's like a wall of tissue there normally, and this tooth was half sunken into that wall. I had a picture of it once which I sent to a couple of people on here but they're not around anymore and I cant find the pics unfortunately. Taking this tooth out made me go from a sewer mouth to one which I regard as normal. But I'm still having the other tooth out incase the situation gets worse.

John, for what it takes, it's worth having such teeth removed. You have to remove as much from the equation as possible, and even if it's not causing you BB now, it may do in the future if the tooth decays or it causes decay in the molar it's pressing against.