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Impacted Wisdom Tooth
Dentistry · Dental
Mild
Severity
Very common — most adults have at least one impacted or partially impacted wisdom tooth
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Dentistry
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Impaction occurs because modern human jaws are often too small to accommodate the eruption of a full set of third molars
- 2leaving insufficient space for them to emerge properly. The tooth may become angled against the neighboring second molar
- 3remain fully embedded in bone
- 4or only partially break through the gum
- 5creating a flap of tissue that traps food and bacteria. Genetic factors influencing jaw size and tooth development largely determine an individual's likelihood of impaction.
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