What are the Risks of Wisdom tooth extraction?

After a wisdom tooth is removed, you may experience:
• Pain and swelling in your gums and tooth socket where the tooth was removed.
• Bleeding that won’t stop for about 24 hours.
• Difficulty with or pain from opening your jaw (trismus).
• Slow-healing gums.
• Damage texisting dental work, such as crowns or bridges, or troots of a nearby tooth.
• A painful inflammation called dry socket, which happens if the protective blood clot is lost tosoon.
• Numbness in your mouth and lips after the local anesthetic wears off, due tinjury or inflammation of nerves in the jaw.
• Rare side effects, including:
• Numbness in the mouth or lips that does not gaway.1
• A fractured jaw if the tooth was firmly attached tthe jaw bone.
• An opening intthe sinus cavity when a wisdom tooth is removed from the upper jaw.
Dental surgery may cause bacteria in the mouth to enter the bloodstream and cause infections in other parts of the body. People who have difficulty fighting off infections may need to take antibiotics before and after dental surgery. Such people include those who have artificial heart valves or were born with heart defects.
Anesthetic (local and/or general) almost always is used during the extraction procedure. All surgeries, including oral surgery, that use general anesthetic have a small risk of death or other complications.