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2. Impacted wisdom teeth - Wikipedia

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   Impacted wisdom teeth is a condition where the third molars ... Supporters for retaining wisdom teeth cite the risk and cost of unnecessary surgery.

3. 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 ...

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. Pericoronitis - Wikipedia

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   A treatment controversy exists about the necessity and timing of the removal of asymptomatic, disease-free impacted wisdom teeth which prevents pericoronitis. Proponents of early extraction cite the cumulative risk for extraction over time, the high probability that wisdom teeth will eventually decay or develop gum disease and costs of ...

6. Woman, 23, Thought She Had the Flu — Until Her Tongue ... - AOL

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   Caitlin Alsop, 23, thought she had the flu — but it was the start of a life-threatening sepsis infection caused by an impacted wisdom tooth She says she was in a coma for 9 days and was left ...

7. Wisdom tooth - Wikipedia

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   Wisdom teeth (often notated clinically as M3 for third molar) have long been identified as a source of problems and continue to be the most commonly impacted teeth in the human mouth. Impaction of the wisdom teeth results in a risk of periodontal disease and dental cavities. [29] Impacted wisdom teeth lead to pathology in 12% of cases. [30]