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  2. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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    Wisdom teeth that are fully erupted and in normal function need no special attention and should be treated just like any other tooth. It is more challenging, however to make treatment decisions with asymptomatic, disease-free wisdom teeth where there is a high probability that the teeth will develop disease over time, but none exists on ...

  3. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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    The third molar, commonly called wisdom tooth, is the most posterior of the three molars in each quadrant of the human dentition. The age at which wisdom teeth come through (erupt) is variable, [1] but this generally occurs between late teens and early twenties. [2] Most adults have four wisdom teeth, one in each of the four quadrants, but it ...

  4. Tooth impaction - Wikipedia

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    Tooth impaction. An impacted tooth is one that fails to erupt into the dental arch within the expected developmental window. Because impacted teeth do not erupt, they are retained throughout the individual's lifetime unless extracted or exposed surgically. Teeth may become impacted because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft ...

  5. Tooth eruption - Wikipedia

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    Tooth eruption is a process in tooth development in which the teeth enter the mouth and become visible. It is currently believed that the periodontal ligament plays an important role in tooth eruption. The first human teeth to appear, the deciduous (primary) teeth (also known as baby or milk teeth), erupt into the mouth from around 6 months ...

  6. Pericoronitis - Wikipedia

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    Pericoronitis. Pericoronitis associated with the lower right third molar (wisdom tooth). 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 ...

  7. Magdalenian Girl - Wikipedia

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    There is still some debate about the age of Magdalenian Girl. For years, the individual was thought to be a young girl, because her wisdom teeth had not yet advanced, but new analysis indicates that her wisdom teeth were impacted, and that she was actually 25 to 35 years old when she died. [6] This is the oldest recorded case of impacted wisdom ...

  8. Human tooth development - Wikipedia

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    Human tooth development. Tooth development or odontogenesis is the complex process by which teeth form from embryonic cells, grow, and erupt into the mouth. For human teeth to have a healthy oral environment, all parts of the tooth must develop during appropriate stages of fetal development.

  9. 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.