enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: wisdom tooth cutting through gum

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_tooth

    Wisdom teeth which are partially erupted through the gum may also cause inflammation [3] and infection in the surrounding gum tissues, termed pericoronitis. More conservative treatments, such as operculectomies, may be appropriate for some cases. However, impacted wisdom teeth are commonly extracted to treat or prevent

  3. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impacted_wisdom_teeth

    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 ...

  4. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_extraction

    Sometimes impacted wisdom teeth (wisdom teeth that are stuck and unable to grow normally into the mouth) cause recurrent infections of the gum (pericoronitis), and may be removed when other conservative treatments have failed (cleaning, antibiotics and operculectomy).

  5. The Surprising Relationship Between Oral Health and IBD - AOL

    www.aol.com/surprising-relationship-between-oral...

    In fact, as many as 35% of people with IBD have some kind of oral manifestation of the condition, such as canker sores, the gum disease gingivitis, cavities, and angular cheilitis, which causes ...

  6. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_-ectomies

    Apicoectomy is the surgical removal of tooth's root tip. Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix; it is also known as an appendicectomy. Arthrectomy is the removal of a joint of the body. Atherectomy is a removal of atherosclerosis. Auriculectomy is the removal of the ear.

  7. Pericoronitis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericoronitis

    Pericoronitis is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially erupted tooth, [1] including the gingiva (gums) and the dental follicle. [2] The soft tissue covering a partially erupted tooth is known as an operculum, an area which can be difficult to access with normal oral hygiene methods.

  8. Gingivectomy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingivectomy

    Gingivectomy is the primary treatment method available in reducing the pocket depths of patients with periodontitis and suprabony pockets. [4] [5] In a retrospective comparison between different treatment approach to periodontitis management based on the initial and final gingival health, conventional gingivectomy was proven to be more successful in reducing pocket depths and inflammation ...

  9. Tooth impaction - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_impaction

    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.

  1. Ads

    related to: wisdom tooth cutting through gum