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Variations in impacted mandibular permanent molars: Report of three rare cases

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2011
The impaction of permanent teeth is not uncommon, but few permanent teeth are rarely impacted like mandibular first and second molars. Though third molars are commonly impacted, inversely impacted mandibular third molars are very rare.
Manjiri Joshi, Vikrant Kasat
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Inverted maxillary third molar impactions

Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery, 2019
Maxillary third molars are one of the most commonly impacted teeth, but its inverted type is very rare. Five cases of inverted and impacted maxillary wisdom teeth are described here. Two were symptomatic and required transalveolar extractions, while three were conservatively managed.
Agarwal, Padmanidhi, Kumar, Shailesh, Jain, Kanav, Kiran, Kamini   +3 more
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Simple Mechanics to Upright Horizontally Impacted Molars with Ramus Screws

Orthodontic Journal of Nepal, 2016
Simplified mechanics are reported for uprighting horizontally impacted mandibular molars with ramus bone screws. A 27-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of food impaction and problematic occlusion of his posterior teeth.
Shih-Yung Lin, Chris Chang, W. Eugene Roberts   +2 more
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Prevalence of patterns of impacted third molars

Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research, 2020
Aim: As the patterns of impaction can affect the treatment plan of removing or remaining the impacted tooth, the difficulty of surgery, and the post-surgical complications, this survey aimed for assessment of the mandibular wisdom tooth impaction ...
Seyed Hadi Hosseini, Zahra Mazareii Fard, Donya Maleki   +2 more
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Impact of genetics on third molar agenesis [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2018
AbstractThe purpose of this investigation was to determine the impact of heritability on third molar agenesis in twins. The study sample consisted of 284 same sex twins (172 monozygotic and 112 dizygotic), whose mean ages were 19.7 ± 4.3 and 18.9 ± 4.8 years, respectively.
Trakinienė, Giedrė, Šidlauskas, Antanas, Andriuškevičiūtė, Irena, Šalomskienė, Loreta, Švalkauskienė, Vilma, Smailienė, Dalia, Trakinis, Tomas   +6 more
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Legal age determined by a new threshold value of third molar maturity index in subjects with impacted mandibular third molars: An orthopantomographic study in south Indian adolescents

, 2021
Third molars are one of the few biological markers available for age estimation in juveniles, especially for the estimation of the 18-year-age threshold.
Balla, Sudheer Babu, Bojji, Manasa, Nambi, Nandha Krishna, Kondakamalli, Subhashini, Vankdoth, Deepika, Mula, Asa Priyanka, Chinnala, Bhavana, Nambi, Saravanan, Tadakamadla, Santosh Kumar   +8 more
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Effect of extraction of mandibular mesially impacted wisdom teeth on the proximal contact strength [PDF]

Kouqiang yixue
Objective To explore the influence of extracting different types of mandibular mesially impacted third molars on the proximal contact strength(PCS) of adjacent teeth.
XU Shi, LU Zhanyi, MIAO Leiying
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Correlation Between Height and Impacted Third Molars and Genetics Role in Third Molar Impaction

Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, 2020
This study sought to evaluate the relationship between height of an individual and the presence of impaction of maxillary and mandibular third molars, and to determine the role of genetics in third molar impaction.This was a case-control study, with cases consisted of 200 subjects with third molar impactions; and 200 controls without third molar ...
Wasiu L. Adeyemo, Olutayo James, Afisu A. Oladega, Olawale O. Adamson, Adeola A. Adekunle, Kehinde D. Olorunsola, Tamara Busch, Azeez Butali   +7 more
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Maxillary and Mandibular Third Molars Impaction with Associated Pathologies in a North Cyprus Population: A Retrospective Study

Applied Sciences, 2022
This study aimed to find out the incidence of impacted third molars and associated pathologies in people who live in the North Cyprus population. Dr.
Bedriye Gizem Çelebioğlu Genç, Kaan Orhan, Evren Hıncal   +2 more
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Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Prevalence and Patterns in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital: A 5-Year Retrospective Study

BioMed, 2023
Mandibular third molars are the most commonly impacted teeth. The prevalence and pattern of impacted mandibular third molars in patients presenting to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria,
Opeyemi Adeola, Olawunmi Fatusi, Azuka Njokanma, Adewale Adejobi   +3 more
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