Can wisdom teeth cause headaches when there's no pain from the teeth? i have 4 impacted wisdom. all fully developed.

Since : Since the wisdom teeth are impacted, either upright or askew (can't tell without an exam), if they are erupting, they can be putting pressure on the gum and bone tissue, which can manefest itself as a headache. I once had a patient who had severe migranes. His physician could not find anything wrong wih him, and advised him to have a dental exam. After examining him, i advised him that he needed a root canal on an upper molar. He protested, claiming the tooth did not hurt him. I asked him to allow me to show him. As his headache was killing him (but tooth was not hurting), i anesthetized him on that one tooth. As i was administering the injection, his headache stopped. I completed the root canal therapy and his headaches vanished. Speak to an oral surgeon about extracting those teeth and hopefully your headaches will no longer be an issue.

As : As my colleague doctor davantzis, has answered wisdom teeth can and do cause headaches, and his experience as related is not uncommon. The growing pains associated with bone remodeling as a tooth erupts can indeed be uncomfortable and interpreted as pain in the head. Not uncommon is the awareness that an area of pain from an erupting tooth pressing on tissue can be relieved by holding the jaw in an abnormal position which is not the natural rest position. This posturing requires muscular effort and the extended use of the muscles results in pain in the muscle and its attachments. The temporomandibular joint is a complicated structure, and if it is held in the wrong position for any length of time can cause ear ache and a face ache so not only direct pressure from the wisdom tooth, but also muscle pain can be interpreted as headache. One more thing that can also cause pain is swelling that is not painful in and of itself, from low grade inflammation may also displace the tissues at the back of the mouth and the throat and this again can produce pain. I recommend that you see you dentist as soon as is possible and have the whole area carefully evaluated. Dr neik mcleod dds dentistry that lasts - quality that counts.