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RonaldYeo
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I am 37M, non-smoker.
About 3 weeks ago, I extracted my upper left wisdom tooth and a week ago, I extracted my upper right wisdom tooth.
My dentist had strongly encouraged me to extract the bottom 2 wisdom tooth, both left and right. His advice is that the bottom 2 wisdom tooth will eventually erupt upwards as there is no longer a counter-force from the upper wisdom tooth, which is now gone. Is he correct? I am freaking out because he said there is a 1% to 3% chance that it might cause damage to the nerve ending. I am very afraid that I could sustain serious injury to my nerve, and I saw some posts on reddit where people had to suffer with the consequences for the rest of their lives.
Could someone take a look at my X-ray and tell me if the roots of my lower wisdom tooth, both left and right, are close to my nerves?

About 3 weeks ago, I extracted my upper left wisdom tooth and a week ago, I extracted my upper right wisdom tooth.
My dentist had strongly encouraged me to extract the bottom 2 wisdom tooth, both left and right. His advice is that the bottom 2 wisdom tooth will eventually erupt upwards as there is no longer a counter-force from the upper wisdom tooth, which is now gone. Is he correct? I am freaking out because he said there is a 1% to 3% chance that it might cause damage to the nerve ending. I am very afraid that I could sustain serious injury to my nerve, and I saw some posts on reddit where people had to suffer with the consequences for the rest of their lives.
Could someone take a look at my X-ray and tell me if the roots of my lower wisdom tooth, both left and right, are close to my nerves?
