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2. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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   Impacted wisdom teeth; Other names: Impacted third molars: 3D CT of an impacted wisdom tooth adjacent the inferior alveolar nerve prior to removal of wisdom tooth: Specialty: Dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery: Symptoms: Localized pain and swelling behind the last teeth: Complications: Infections, loss of adjacent teeth, cysts: Usual ...

3. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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   Impacted wisdom teeth are classified by the direction and depth of impaction, the amount of available space for tooth eruption and the amount of soft tissue or bone that covers them. The classification structure allows clinicians to estimate the probabilities of impaction, infections and complications associated with wisdom teeth removal. [31]

4. 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]

5. Coronectomy - Wikipedia

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   When extracting lower wisdom teeth, coronectomy is a treatment option involving removing the crown of the lower wisdom tooth, whilst keeping the roots in place in healthy patients. This option is given to patients as an alternative to extraction when the wisdom teeth are in close association with the inferior alveolar nerve , and so used to ...

6. 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.

7. Oral and maxillofacial surgery - Wikipedia

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   In India, oral and maxillofacial surgery includes the treatment of complex dental surgery, including wisdom tooth removal, dental implant, craniomaxillofacial trauma, Orofacial pain (trigeminal neuralgia) and jaw joint pain (Temporomandibular disorder(TMD) or TMJ Pain) management, jaw joint(TMJ) replacement for TMJ ankylosis and deformed jaw ...