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Alveolar osteitis usually occurs where the blood clot fails to form or is lost from the socket (i.e., the defect left in the gum when a tooth is taken out). This leaves an empty socket where bone is exposed to the oral cavity, causing a localized alveolar osteitis limited to the lamina dura (i.e., the bone which lines the socket).
Impacted wisdom teeth is a condition where the third molars ( wisdom teeth) are prevented from erupting into the mouth. [ 1] This can be caused by a physical barrier, such as other teeth, or when the tooth is angled away from a vertical position. [ 2] Completely unerupted wisdom teeth usually result in no symptoms, although they can sometimes ...
A cyst is a pathological epithelial lined cavity that fills with fluid or soft material and usually grows from internal pressure generated by fluid being drawn into the cavity from osmosis (hydrostatic pressure). The bones of the jaws, the mandible and maxilla, are the bones with the highest prevalence of cysts in the human body.
Specialty. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Periodontics [1] ICD-9-CM. 23.0 - 23.1. MeSH. D014081. [ edit on Wikidata] A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone.
Trismus is a condition of restricted opening of the mouth. [ 1][ 2] The term was initially used in the setting of tetanus. [ 2] Trismus may be caused by spasm of the muscles of mastication or a variety of other causes. [ 3] Temporary trismus occurs much more frequently than permanent trismus. [ 4] It is known to interfere with eating, speaking ...
Osteomyelitis of the jaws. Osteomyelitis of the jaws is osteomyelitis (which is infection and inflammation of the bone marrow, sometimes abbreviated to OM) which occurs in the bones of the jaws (i.e. maxilla or the mandible ). Historically, osteomyelitis of the jaws was a common complication of odontogenic infection (infections of the teeth).
Osteonecrosis of the jaw ( ONJ) is a severe bone disease ( osteonecrosis) that affects the jaws (the maxilla and the mandible ). Various forms of ONJ have been described since 1861, and a number of causes have been suggested in the literature. Osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with bisphosphonate therapy, which is required by some cancer ...
Wisdom tooth. Wisdom teeth in the human mouth for permanent teeth. There are none in deciduous (children's) teeth. 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 teeth come through ( erupt) is variable, [1] but this generally occurs ...