I went to the dentist for cavity on my lower back molar and my dentist found and impacted wisdom tooth. He's sending me to an oral surgeon but I cannot get in for over 6 weeks. I'm concerned because the x-rays of impacted wisdom teeth I'm seeing on google don't show this large black spot around the tooth. Is this something dark area something I should be concerned about ?
Black spot around distal impacted wisdom tooth
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An impacted wisdom tooth can sometimes cause a dentigerous cyst formation around the crown of the tooth and then bone loss. This leads to the area that you are seeing on the x-ray. When the oral surgeon removes the wisdom tooth, this area will be scraped clean, and then new bone formation will hopefully occur in the area as normal healing takes place.
An impacted wisdom tooth can sometimes cause a dentigerous cyst formation around the crown of the tooth and then bone loss. This leads to the area that you are seeing on the x-ray. When the oral surgeon removes the wisdom tooth, this area will be scraped clean, and then new bone formation will hopefully occur in the area as normal healing takes place.