Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: April | Volume: 6 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 175-178
Conundrum behind Impacted Third Molar- A Review of Literature
Narendar R1, Kavin T2,Indra Kumar SP3, Tamil Thangam P4, Akshaya Murugan5
1Reader, 2Prof & Head, 3Senior Lecturer, 5CRI,
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode
4Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral pathology, Vivekananda Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode.
Corresponding Author: Indra Kumar SP
ABSTRACT
Objectives: The purpose behind the present article is to review the mysteries behind the most commonly encountered condition in dentistry, impacted third molar.
Materials and methods: Literature was selected through Pubmed, Cochrane electronic databases, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The keywords used for search were impaction, impacted third molar, wisdom teeth impaction, aetiology of third molar impaction. The search was restricted to English language articles, published from 1965 to December 2018. Additionally, a manual search in the major oral surgery books was performed.
Results: In total 27 literature sources were obtained and reviewed. Hidden reasons behind the impacted third molars were discussed.
Conclusions: The factors discussed here based on the literatures collected from trusted databases are expected to be a helpful tool for assessment of reasons for the presence of unerupted third molar in the oral cavity.
Key words: impacted tooth, third molar, wisdom teeth impaction, aetiology for impaction
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