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  2. Why impacted wisdom teeth are so dangerous - AOL

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    Impacted wisdom teeth happen when there's not enough room in your mouth for your third molars to emerge and they get stuck under your gum line. Why impacted wisdom teeth are so dangerous Skip to ...

  3. Ectopic tooth - Wikipedia

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    An ectopic tooth, also known as an impacted tooth, is a tooth that develops in an abnormal position and fails to erupt into its normal location in the oral cavity. [1] [2] Ectopic teeth can cause a variety of symptoms, such as pain, swelling, and infection, and they can lead to more serious complications if left untreated.

  4. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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    Impacted wisdom teeth are classified by their direction of impaction, their depth compared to the biting surface of adjacent teeth and the amount of the tooth's crown that extends through gum tissue or bone. Impacted wisdom teeth can also be classified by the presence or absence of symptoms and disease. Screening for the presence of wisdom ...

  5. Tooth impaction - Wikipedia

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    Because impacted teeth do not erupt, they are retained throughout the individual's lifetime unless extracted or exposed surgically. Teeth may become impacted because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue or a genetic abnormality. Most often, the cause of impaction is inadequate arch length and space in which to erupt.

  6. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence that use of antibiotics before and/or after impacted wisdom tooth extraction reduces the risk of infections by 66%, and lowers incidence of dry socket by one third. For every 19 people who are treated with an antibiotic following impacted wisdom tooth removal, one infection is prevented. [19]

  7. Infected teeth, uncontrolled diabetes: A 13-hour wait for ...

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    But Gonzalez got a little more than she expected. The doctors at the clinic told her she had two infected teeth that needed to be extracted, plus two chronic conditions — diabetes and high blood ...

  8. Dental trauma - Wikipedia

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    If a tooth is avulsed, make sure it is a permanent tooth (primary teeth should not be replanted, and instead the injury site should be cleaned to allow the adult tooth to begin to erupt). Reassure the patient and keep them calm. If the tooth can be found, pick it up by the crown (the white part). Avoid touching the root part.

  9. Toothache - Wikipedia

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    A tooth is composed of an outer shell of calcified hard tissues (from hardest to softest: enamel, dentin, and cementum), and an inner soft tissue core (the pulp system), which contains nerves and blood vessels. The visible parts of the teeth in the mouth – the crowns (covered by enamel) – are anchored into the bone by the roots (covered by ...