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  • Thumbnail for Dental extraction
    A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental...
    66 KB (7,556 words) - 20:05, 1 July 2024
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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...
    30 KB (3,213 words) - 10:55, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alveolar osteitis
    following a dental extraction reduces the risk of a dry socket occurring. Dry socket is more likely to occur following a difficult tooth extraction. It is...
    23 KB (2,618 words) - 10:45, 12 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Impacted wisdom teeth
    wisdom tooth removal. The risks of wisdom tooth removal are roughly proportional to the difficulty of the extraction. Sometimes, when there is a high risk...
    42 KB (4,889 words) - 09:37, 4 July 2024
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    Pericoronitis is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially erupted tooth, including the gingiva (gums) and the dental follicle...
    29 KB (3,089 words) - 22:48, 20 December 2023
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    maxillary sinus). The creation of an OAC is most commonly due to the extraction of a maxillary (upper) tooth (typically a maxillary first molar) closely...
    20 KB (2,430 words) - 13:14, 19 June 2024
  • Dentistry in ancient Rome (category History of dentistry)
    procedure until it was entirely exposed. Tooth extraction is an oral surgical procedure conducted for the purpose of removing teeth. In ancient Rome, it may...
    22 KB (2,352 words) - 06:50, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tooth ablation
    Tooth ablation (also known as tooth evulsion, dental evulsion and tooth extraction) is the deliberate removal of a person's healthy teeth, and has been...
    9 KB (1,151 words) - 11:54, 5 February 2024
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    Root canal treatment (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2017)
    longevity of the tooth and surrounding tissues. Treatment options for an irreversibly inflamed pulp (irreversible pulpitis) include either extraction of the...
    52 KB (6,494 words) - 12:59, 18 June 2024
  • Extraction may refer to: Comedo extraction, a method of acne treatment Dental extraction, the surgical removal of a tooth from the mouth Data extraction...
    2 KB (297 words) - 09:07, 12 January 2022
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    at a high risk of nerve damage during extraction: Lower wisdom tooth is shown to be close to the inferior alveolar canal radiographically: Signs of narrowing...
    7 KB (950 words) - 18:11, 19 February 2024
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    2015-08-22. "Wisdom tooth removal". The National Health Service. Friedman JW (September 2007). "The prophylactic extraction of third molars: a public health...
    11 KB (1,264 words) - 18:34, 9 December 2023
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    of each dental arch must form in response to the tooth germs in the area. After extraction of a tooth, the clot in the alveolus fills in with immature...
    34 KB (4,054 words) - 16:43, 26 June 2024
  • – is a medical device to replace one or more roots of a single tooth immediately after extraction. In contrast to common titanium screw type implants...
    26 KB (3,106 words) - 06:54, 20 May 2024
  • Dysesthesia (category Symptoms and signs of mental disorders)
    of external stimuli. According to this model, the symptoms of dysesthesia are catalyzed by dental “amputation,” for example the extraction of a tooth...
    16 KB (1,949 words) - 23:51, 23 June 2024
  • a cleaning or extraction of a tooth was thought to be more clinically significant than it actually was. However, it is important that a dentist or a dental...
    15 KB (1,715 words) - 11:39, 29 August 2022
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    The Gumps (category Gag-a-day comics)
    of an infection following the extraction of a tooth, which eventually necessitated the removal of his entire lower jaw. Through Dr. Thomas Smith of Bloomingdale...
    14 KB (1,662 words) - 15:38, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Proprioception
    limbs, such as after amputation of the breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain), or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome). Proprioception...
    56 KB (6,916 words) - 15:44, 4 July 2024
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    Dental notation (redirect from Tooth number)
    when referring for an extraction; this makes it less likely for the incorrect tooth to be needlessly extracted. For instance, a dentist may give an instruction...
    12 KB (966 words) - 15:13, 17 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tooth pathology
    Tooth pathology is any condition of the teeth that can be congenital or acquired. Sometimes a congenital tooth disease is called a tooth abnormality. These...
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