Hello and thank you for your questions.
The risks of losing your sight from an extraction of third molars is close to impossible.
Most common side effects of third molar extractions are temporary:
-Swelling
-Bleeding
-Pain
-Bruising
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Stiffness in Jaw
Less likely side effects
-breaking of parts of jaw requiring the bone to be smoothed with a file....pieces of bone this big: { }
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numbness or loss of feeling in the lower lip (1% chance with 0.1% being permanent)
-infection
-alterations in the sense of smell or taste (highly unlikely)
-breaking of the roots requiring more invasive surgery (if this occurs you wouldn't even know when they were doing it)
-TMD
-Death (most often associated with inhaling the extracted tooth into the lungs-we use precautions to prevent this) or allergic or physiological reactions to heavy sedatives used in sedation cases.
I have extracted hundreds of wisdom teeth in the past year and only one had numbness from the surgery due to the close approximation of the IAN and they recovered within two weeks time. I've had three infections but that was due to patients poking at the extraction sites with dirty fingers. The rest healed and recovered without incident.
Best wishes and good health
Dr. Ward