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2. 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] Surgical extractions almost always require an incision.

3. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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   The Cochrane review of surgical removal versus retention of asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth suggests that the presence of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth may be associated with increased risk of periodontal disease affecting adjacent 2nd molar (measured by distal probing depth > 4 mm on that tooth) in the long term. Few ...

4. Tooth impaction - Wikipedia

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   Occasionally, an impacted tooth causes sufficient pressure on the roots of adjacent teeth causing it to resorb. An impacted tooth occupies space that is usually filled with bone. This weakens that area of bone and renders the jaw more susceptible to fracture. When impacted teeth are retained completely within the alveolar process, the ...

5. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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   If impacted and having a pathology, such as caries or pericoronitis, treatment can be dental restoration for cavities and for pericoronitis, salt water rinses, local treatment to the infected tissue overlying the impaction, [33]: 440–441 oral antibiotics, surgical removal of excess gum flap (operculectomy), or if those failed, extraction or ...

6. Alveoloplasty - Wikipedia

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   Alveoloplasty is a surgical pre-prosthetic procedure performed to facilitate removal of teeth, and smoothen or reshape the jawbone for prosthetic and cosmetic purposes. [1] In this procedure, the bony edges of the alveolar ridge and its surrounding structures is made smooth, redesigned or recontoured so that a well-fitting, comfortable, and ...

7. Tooth transplant - Wikipedia

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   Movement of impacted or severely ectopic teeth to their correct position if conventional surgical exposure and orthodontics is not appropriate. Management of congenitally absent teeth in one arch with crowding present in the other arch. Premature loss of permanent dentition from caries, trauma, iatrogenic damage or developmental abnormalities.