Horizontal Impacted Wisdom Teeth

[Big_Baner]

Went to a dentist for the first time in years last week due to having lifelong dental phobia. I knew that my bottom two wisdom teeth were horizontally impacted and will need to be extracted eventually. Had an x-ray done to see how they were and he said the extraction shouldn’t be too difficult but I’d need to get a CT scan to see exactly how close they are to the nerves. My question is, judging just from this x-ray, how difficult would removing those two be and what are the odds on having nerve damage? I understand you can only tell me so much without a 3D scan but I’d appreciate some comments nonetheless.

 

[Gordon]

They look well buried, if you're not having any problems then they should be fine as they are.
Easy enough extractions for an oral surgeon, the roots look quite short and conical.
Can't say about nerve damage from that x-ray, sorry.

 

[Big_Baner]

They look well buried, if you're not having any problems then they should be fine as they are.
Easy enough extractions for an oral surgeon, the roots look quite short and conical.
Can't say about nerve damage from that x-ray, sorry.

They’re partially erupted unfortunately, so food impaction is the main issue.

 

[Big_Baner]

@Gordon also, she mentioned that the oral surgeon might be able to do a coronectomy, would that be a safe procedure in this case?

 

[Gordon]

As in safer to avoid nerve damage? Yes, that's the main reason for doing coronectomy instead of extraction.