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Impacted Tooth
Impacted teeth are unerupted or partially erupted teeth that cannot fully erupt due to:
-Lack of space (crowding) for example, the jaw may be too small to fit the wisdom teeth.
-Misalignment (tooth is rotated out of position)
-Conflicting position (another tooth has erupted over that position)
-Ankylosis - when other causes of impaction are not corrected in a timely manner, the roots of the impacted tooth can fuse to the surrounding bone creating a tooth frozen in an unerupted or partially erupted state.
The teeth most likely to become impacted are the third molars, also known as "wisdom teeth” and then the upper canines.
Symptoms of an impacted tooth:
- Bad breath
- Difficulty opening the mouth (occasionally)
- Pain or tenderness of the gums (gingiva) or jaw bone
- Prolonged headache or jaw ache
- Redness and swelling of the gums around the impacted tooth
- Swollen lymph nodes of the neck (occasionally)
- Unpleasant taste when biting down on or near the area
- Visible gap where a tooth did not emerge
Impacted teeth are unerupted or partially erupted teeth that cannot fully erupt due to:
-Lack of space (crowding) for example, the jaw may be too small to fit the wisdom teeth.
-Misalignment (tooth is rotated out of position)
-Conflicting position (another tooth has erupted over that position)
-Ankylosis - when other causes of impaction are not corrected in a timely manner, the roots of the impacted tooth can fuse to the surrounding bone creating a tooth frozen in an unerupted or partially erupted state.
The teeth most likely to become impacted are the third molars, also known as "wisdom teeth” and then the upper canines.
Symptoms of an impacted tooth:
- Bad breath
- Difficulty opening the mouth (occasionally)
- Pain or tenderness of the gums (gingiva) or jaw bone
- Prolonged headache or jaw ache
- Redness and swelling of the gums around the impacted tooth
- Swollen lymph nodes of the neck (occasionally)
- Unpleasant taste when biting down on or near the area
- Visible gap where a tooth did not emerge