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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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   Wisdom teeth may become stuck [3] and not erupt fully, if there is not enough space for them to come through normally. Impacted wisdom teeth are still sometimes removed for orthodontic treatment, believing that they move the other teeth and cause crowding, though this is no longer held as true. [4] [5]

4. 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.

5. Why impacted wisdom teeth are so dangerous - AOL

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   Impacted wisdom teeth happen when there's not enough room in your mouth for your third molars to emerge and they get stuck under your gum line.

6. Tooth eruption - Wikipedia

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   Bottom teeth of a seven-year-old, showing primary teeth (left), a lost primary tooth (middle), and a fully erupted permanent tooth (right) Although tooth eruption occurs at different times for different people, a general eruption timeline exists. The tooth buds of baby teeth start to develop around 6 weeks of pregnancy. Adult teeth buds start ...

7. Does Medicaid cover wisdom teeth removal? - AOL

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   An impacted wisdom tooth, which does not erupt through the gum properly, may sometimes constitute a medical emergency. Impacted wisdom teeth could lead to severe complications such as: infections

8. 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.

9. 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 ...