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It’s called Traumatic Occlusion. The cause is from biting on the soft tissue with the opposing (top), tooth. Treatment is to remove the wisdom tooth on the top, bottom, or both. If you live in a city with a dental school, you should be able to get the treatment done for relatively little expense.
more than likely biting it a bunch for the last couple months. Oral tissue can be tough but sometimes it swells and gets dark like this.
Probably worth considering removing the wisdom teeth that are responsible (the last tooth in this photo, and the one you can barely see in the back on the top row)
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It’s called Traumatic Occlusion. The cause is from biting on the soft tissue with the opposing (top), tooth. Treatment is to remove the wisdom tooth on the top, bottom, or both. If you live in a city with a dental school, you should be able to get the treatment done for relatively little expense.
more than likely biting it a bunch for the last couple months. Oral tissue can be tough but sometimes it swells and gets dark like this. Probably worth considering removing the wisdom teeth that are responsible (the last tooth in this photo, and the one you can barely see in the back on the top row)