An impacted canine tooth, or stuck canine tooth, occurs when the third tooth in your upper jaw pushes into your gums and cheekbone, creating pressure on the nerve of your second lower molar. This can occur in both adults and children, but it’s most common in teenagers and young adults. The most common symptom of an impacted canine tooth is pain, although there may be other symptoms as well, such as swelling or tenderness in the area around the canine tooth, tenderness of the lower molar when chewing or biting down, or difficulty with closing your jaw completely.
What Are The Signs Of An Impacted Canine?
When a tooth is impacted, it means that it has become stuck in your mouth and no longer erupts through your gums as it should. The result of an impacted tooth is a gap, or diastema, between two adjacent teeth—for example, where your canine should be located but isn’t. This can lead to issues with speaking and eating properly if not addressed. Signs of an impacted canine may include
How Do You Fix An Impacted Canine Tooth?
Your canine teeth serve a number of important functions, including helping you chew and biting down. If a canine tooth is not positioned correctly, however, it can impact your health in several ways. We’ll explain how canines teeth work and how you can fix an impacted canine tooth at home with simple steps for recovery.
Why Do Humans Have Canine Teeth?
A canin e (also called a cusp tooth) is one of our four different types of teeth. They are located in both upper and lower jaws. This specialized type of tooth is used for gripping, tearing, and crushing food. However, although humans have these canine teeth—and canines in other animals serve a similar purpose—they’re not always necessary for hunting or feeding. For example, many primates don’t have canine teeth at all; instead they use their incisors to tear meat apart before swallowing it whole.
What Happens If You Leave An Impacted Canine Tooth?
If you leave an impacted canine tooth untreated, it can potentially cause future problems for your jaw. Specifically, leaving a tooth undeveloped increases your risk of losing teeth in surrounding areas. Often times, after an impacted tooth has been left untreated for long periods of time, it may begin to push neighboring teeth out of place (as it did with your canine). When that happens, we recommend seeing a dentist as soon as possible. If you end up getting braces in order to straighten things out again; you should also get treatment for your impacted tooth too. It’s difficult to predict how much dental work will cost without examining and testing each individual case; but we can tell you that everything is almost always more expensive when things are delayed!
