The problems involving your wisdom teeth may be caused by the size of your jaw and/or by how crowded your teeth are. Common warning symptoms that there is an un-natural problem in the development of your wisdom teeth could be Pain and Swelling. Symptoms can be caused by: 1) Infection to the gums 2) A crowded tooth displacing neighboring teeth 3) A decayed wisdom tooth 4) Poorly positioned wisdom tooth 5) A cyst that destroys bone