Выдираем зуб мудрости

[Lirpa]

Большое спасибо вам за ответ! А как вы считаете, чтобы хотя бы проволоку в брекетах не сломали, нужно ли ее снять когда буду зуб мудрости вырывать? Или можно и так? БОльшая вероятность того что брекет отклеится, чем проволока сломается, да?

[Ladushki]

Попалась неплохая статья на давнишнюю спорную тему, поднятую в связи с неданими летальными случаями подростков в результате удаления зубов мудрости.
Может кому пригодится для аргументации в беседе с излишне напористыми стоматологами. Жаль, что она не попалась мне, когда надо было.

Parents Sue After Teen Dies During Wisdom Tooth Surgery
http://news.yahoo.com/parents-sue-teen- ... 24302.html

"Third-molar surgery is a multibillion-dollar industry that generates significant income for the dental profession," Jay Friedman, a retired California dentist, wrote in the American Journal of Public Health. "It is driven by misinformation and myths that have been exposed before but that continue to be promulgated by the profession."

American dentists and oral surgeons pull 10 million wisdom teeth each year -- an effort that costs more than $3 billion and leads to 11 million days of post-operative discomfort, according to the report.

"At least two thirds of these extractions, associated costs, and injuries are unnecessary, constituting a silent epidemic of [physician-induced] injury that afflicts tens of thousands of people with lifelong discomfort and disability," Friedman wrote.

Wisdom teeth are thought to have evolved for catching, killing and eating uncooked prey, which would make them obsolete now. The argument for prophylactic removal is the risk of cysts or damage to adjacent teeth brought on by too many molars in too little space.

"If left in the mouth, impacted wisdom teeth may damage neighboring teeth and nerves, or become infected, possibly inviting systemic infections and disease as the bacteria travel through the bloodstream from your mouth to other organs of your body," reads the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons website.

But studies suggest no more than 12 percent of impactions lead to infections or damage to adjacent teeth -- roughly the same incidence as appendicitis. No medical associations recommend prophylactic appendectomy.