Dr. Katie To describes how infections can linger years after wisdom tooth extraction, spreading toward the ear and causing pressure. Opening the site to release trapped infection brings immediate relief, and the clinician's job is to support the body's natural healing by safely removing what's trapped.
Because every time we go into the cavitation where the wisdom teeth used to be, it extends all the way up close to the ear. And people can feel the relief and the pressure going away when we go in and release that infection. And it's amazing when we know that our body— we just talked about this today with a patient— we was like, the body is amazing at protecting us and nurturing us and helping us. And our job is to make sure we're not abusing the body. We really help the body to get rid of these infections, can do a better job. It can, they can take care of us like taking care of it.
