Dental impaction

Dental impaction
Teeth pressing together. For example, molar teeth (the large teeth in the back of the jaw) can be impacted, cause pain and require pain medication, antibiotics, and surgical removal.

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the blocking of a tooth by a physical barrier, usually other teeth, so that it cannot erupt. See also impacted tooth, under tooth.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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