My wisdom tooth came in half way and there is flap of gum i can lift up and down it hurts to eat. what should i do and what's wrong?

See your dentist: Depending on the position of your tooth, the dentist may remove the tooth (extraction) or trim the gum tissue (operculectomy).

See a dentist: It appears that the wisdom tooth may need to be removed. If the gum flap above the tooth is excised then it will grow back. A good long term solution is to remove the tooth. See a dentist or an oral surgeon. Good luck.

Rinse and clean site: Rinse site well, clean, try hydrogen peroxide, stick to softer foods to decrease irritation, make appointment with dentist asap , if you wait, infection could start, or may already be started, the opposing tooth could be biting into the one below, try nih.Gov and searching 'pericorinitis'.

Get rid of it : It sounds like you have a partially rerupted tooth calle a partial boney or softitiisue impaction of the wisdom ttooth. Genrall these teeth get nfeected and become a painful nuissance to keeep unles you seeee an pral surgeo hwho can eveluate the possible extraction of the toooth or a conservative measure called a operclectoy to help save the toth inth e arch of it is functional in the long run.

Have a dental exam: Sometimes the flap will disappear if the tooth is continuing to erupt. If it hasn't changed for some time it may stay that way, which can cause discomfort or even infection. Two ways to solve this are to remove the gum tissue with a simple procedure or remove the tooth itself. The clinical term for that tissue is an operculum.

Get Evaluated: There may or may not be enough room for that tooth to erupt fully. It depends upon the angle of the tooth and the available space. Rinse with warm salt water, take some otc pain meds, and see your dentist as soon as possible to get it evaluated. Check on your other wisdom teeth at the de time.

Extract: This flap is called an operculum; it will disappear if the tooth comes in completely, but this is slow process for lower wisdom teeth and may never happen. Best treatments to permanently fix the problem would be an extraction of the wisdom tooth; alternative is to have the flap of tissue removed.

Extraction: That flap of tissue over the tooth will continue to cause problems unless the tooth underneath is removed.

Wisdom teeth: Sometimes wisdom teeth are valuable asset when healthy and properly aligned, but more often, they are misaligned and require removal. The removal of wisdom teeth is one of the most common procedures at ages 15-24. See your dentist for evaluation, x-rays and treatment.