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  2. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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    Another study on 5000 army recruits found 10,767 impacted wisdom teeth. [34]: 246 The frequency of impacted lower third molars was found to be 72% in a Swedish study, [4] and the frequency of retained impacted wisdom teeth that are free of disease and symptoms is estimated to be between 11.6% to 29%, a percentage which drops with age. [33]

  3. Panoramic radiograph - Wikipedia

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    A panoramic radiograph is a panoramic scanning dental X-ray of the upper and lower jaw.It shows a two-dimensional view of a half-circle from ear to ear. Panoramic radiography is a form of focal plane tomography; thus, images of multiple planes are taken to make up the composite panoramic image, where the maxilla and mandible are in the focal trough and the structures that are superficial and ...

  4. File:Impacted wisdom teeth.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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    There are different types of odontogenic infections which may affect impacted wisdom teeth such as periodontitis, pulpitis, dental abscess and pericoronitis. Pericoronitis is a common pathology of impacted third molar. [35] It is an acute localized infection of the tissue surrounding the impacted wisdom teeth.

  6. Tooth impaction - Wikipedia

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    That is the total length of the alveolar arch is smaller than the tooth arch (the combined mesiodistal width of each tooth). The wisdom teeth (third molars) are frequently impacted because they are the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity. Mandibular third molars are more commonly impacted than their maxillary counterparts.

  7. Why impacted wisdom teeth are so dangerous - AOL

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  8. Bone destruction patterns in periodontal disease - Wikipedia

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    Generalized bone loss occurs most frequently as horizontal bone loss. [2] Horizontal bone loss manifests as a somewhat even degree of bone resorption so that the height of the bone in relation to the teeth has been uniformly decreased, as indicated in the radiograph to the rig defects occur adjacent to a tooth and usually in the form of a triangular area of missing bone, known as triangulation.

  9. Magdalenian Girl - Wikipedia

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    There is still some debate about the age of Magdalenian Girl. For years, the individual was thought to be a young girl, because her wisdom teeth had not yet advanced, but new analysis indicates that her wisdom teeth were impacted, and that she was actually 25 to 35 years old when she died. [6] This is the oldest recorded case of impacted wisdom ...