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2. 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.

3. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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   Partially erupted wisdom teeth or wisdom teeth that are not erupted but are exposed to oral bacteria through deep periodontal pocket, can develop cavities or pericoronitis. Removal of impacted wisdom teeth is advised for the future prevention of or in the current presence of certain pathologies, such as caries (dental decay), periodontal ...

4. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   Surgical extractions involve the removal of teeth that cannot be easily accessed or removed via simple extraction, for example because they have broken under the gum or because they have not erupted fully, such as an impacted wisdom tooth. [2]

5. 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 ...

6. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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   Orchiectomy is the surgical removal of the testicles, also called orchidectomy, castration, or neutering. Ostectomy is the surgical removal of bone. Operculectomy is the surgical removal of the gum flaps that cover erupted wisdom teeth.

7. Tooth impaction - Wikipedia

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   Most often, the cause of impaction is inadequate arch length and space in which to erupt. 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.