When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impacted_wisdom_teeth

   Wisdom teeth removal is the most common treatment for impacted wisdom teeth. In the US, 10 million wisdom teeth are removed annually. [ 21 ] The procedure can be either simple or surgical, depending on the depth of the impaction and angle of the tooth .

3. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_tooth

   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

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_extraction

   The lower teeth, and in particular the lower wisdom teeth, can therefore be in close proximity to this nerve. Damage to the inferior alveolar nerve is a risk of lower wisdom tooth removal (and other surgical procedures in the mandible). [20]

5. Dentistry - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentistry

   By nature of their general training, dentists, without specialization can carry out the majority of dental treatments such as restorative (fillings, crowns, bridges), prosthetic , endodontic (root canal) therapy, periodontal (gum) therapy, and extraction of teeth, as well as performing examinations, radiographs (x-rays), and diagnosis.

6. Coronectomy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronectomy

   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 ...

7. Oral and maxillofacial surgery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_and_maxillofacial_surgery

   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 ...