Barton blames hospitalisation on wisdom teeth

Mischa Barton has reportedly said that her wisdom teeth were the cause of her recent hospitalisation.

The 23-year-old actress recently broke her silence on the incident, which was alleged to have been a psychiatric evaluation. Barton revealed that she had been "completely stressed out" prior to her admittance in July

The Beautiful Life star, who was appearing on US chatshow The View, said that the entire occurrence was "blown out of proportion", ABC News reports.

However, when presenter Barbara Walters pointed out that Barton was in a psychiatric ward and "not just the regular hospital", she countered that a problem with recent dental work was her breaking point.

"Right, I mean, it was just... I was overwhelmed," she said. "I had too much work going on. I had a surgery for my wisdom teeth that went really badly.

"I had been in hospital. I had two surgeries on my wisdom teeth. I had four taken out and they had gotten it really badly wrong. They had to drill into my jaw and I was just in really excruciating pain."

She added: "I had so much work to do and the surgery had gone so badly for me. And I think that I was just starting to feel completely overwhelmed. It was just too much to have this surgery go so wrong."

It was reported earlier that executive producers of Barton's upcoming CW series have suggested that storylines on the programme may mirror her real-life experiences.

The Beautiful Life premieres Wednesday, September 16 on The CW.