- Intense pain
- Jaw pain
- Red gums near the wisdom tooth areas
- Swollen gums around the tooth
- Sensitive or tender gums near the tooth
- Bad breath
- Persistent bad taste in the mouth when chewing/biting food
The wisdom teeth are also called the third molars. And third molar is the last tooth in your mouth. An impacted wisdom tooth can cause significant pain because the tooth cannot break through the gums.
When your wisdom teeth are beginning to pop through, you may experience ache in the jaw, in addition to pain in the gums. Patients occasionally report a popping sound in the jaw as well, but this is usually associated with other conditions and just happens to occur when the wisdom teeth are growing in.
Signs of impacted wisdom tooth include: