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Impacted tooth
From Healthscout's partner site on diet and exercise, HealthCentral.com
Tooth - unemerged; Unemerged tooth; Dental impaction; Unerupted tooth Symptoms
Signs and tests Your dentist will look for swollen tissue over the area where a tooth has not emerged, or has only partially emerged. The impacted tooth may be pressing on nearby teeth. The gums around the area may show signs of infection such as redness, drainage, and tenderness. As gums swell over impacted wisdom teeth and then drain and tighten, it may feel like the tooth came in and then went back down again. Dental x-rays confirm the presence of one or more teeth that have not emerged.
Review Date: 02/22/2010 A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org). ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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