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  2. Alveolar osteitis - Wikipedia

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    The most common location of dry socket: in the socket of an extracted mandibular third molar (wisdom tooth). Since alveolar osteitis is not primarily an infection, there is not usually any pyrexia (fever) or cervical lymphadenitis (swollen glands in the neck), and only minimal edema (swelling) and erythema (redness) is present in the soft tissues surrounding the socket.

  3. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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    The classification structure allows clinicians to estimate the probabilities of impaction, infections and complications associated with wisdom teeth removal. [31] Wisdom teeth are also classified by the presence of symptoms and disease. [32] Treatment of an erupted wisdom tooth is the same as any other tooth in the mouth.

  4. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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    Wisdom teeth removal is the most common treatment for impacted wisdom teeth. In the US, 10 million wisdom teeth are removed annually. [21] The procedure can be either simple or surgical, depending on the depth of the impaction and angle of the tooth.

  5. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    Alveolar osteitis of a socket after tooth extraction. Note lack of blood clot in socket and exposed alveolar bone. Dry-socket (Alveolar osteitis) is a painful phenomenon that most commonly occurs a few days after the removal of mandibular (lower) wisdom teeth. It typically occurs when the blood clot within the healing tooth extraction site is ...

  6. Inferior alveolar nerve - Wikipedia

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    The risk associated with wisdom tooth surgery is commonly accepted to be 2% temporary and 0.2% permanent. However, this risk assessment is not concrete as the same source [citation needed] is cited for lingual nerve paresthesia. It is well documented that inferior alveolar nerve injury is more common than lingual nerve injury.

  7. Pericoronitis - Wikipedia

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    Pericoronitis is often associated with partially erupted and impacted mandibular third molars (lower wisdom teeth), [4] often occurring at the age of wisdom tooth eruption (15-26). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Other common causes of similar pain from the third molar region are food impaction causing periodontal pain, pulpitis from dental caries (tooth decay ...

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