management impacted teeth pt 1 Flashcards
Impacted tooth
A tooth that fails to erupt into the dental arch within a specific
time frame
etiologies of impacted teeth
- Inadequate arch length
- Prolonged deciduous tooth retention
- Malposition of Impacted tooth (most common)
- Malposition of adjacent tooth/teeth
- Excessive bone and/or soft tissue
- Associated pathology
Impacted Teeth Order of Frequency
- Mandibular third molars
- Maxillary third molars
- Maxillary canines
- Mandibular premolars
- Mandibular canines
- Maxillary incisors
- Supernumeraries
Classification of Impacted Teeth (Third Molars) categories
- Degree of impaction (Depth in Bone)
- Position of tooth (Long axis of tooth in Bone)
- Pell and Gregory
Degree of Impaction - Depth in Bone classes
- Erupted-normal levels of surrounding bone
- Soft tissue impaction (7220- Procedure Code)
- Partial bone impaction (7230- Procedure Code)
- Complete bone impaction (7240- Procedure Code)
soft tissue impacted, clinical dx
partial bone impacted
complete bone impacted
Classification of Impacted Teeth (Third Molars)
Position of Tooth (long axis of the tooth in bone
- Vertical – Most common in the maxilla
- Mesioangular – Most common in the mandible
- Horizontal
- Distoangular
- Inverted
- Buccal/Palatal or Lingual
orientation
veritcal
mesioangular
horizontal
distoangular
Order of Frequency with reference to Position of Tooth
(long axis of the tooth in bone)
Mandibular Third Molar Impactions
- Mesioangular MOST COMMON
- Distoangular
- Horizontal
- Buccal/Lingual
- Inverted
Order of Frequency with reference to Position of Tooth
(long axis of the tooth in bone)
Maxillary Third Molar Impactions
- Vertical MOST COMMON
- Distoangular
- Mesioangular
- Disto-horizontal
- Mesio-horizontal
- Buccal/Palata
Pell and Gregory Classifications
- Class 1,2 or 3 – Relation of the Mandibular third molar to the anterior border of the ramus.
- Class A, B, or C – Depth of the impaction of maxillary or
mandibular 3rd molar in bone relative to the adjacent tooth
(Maxillary or Mandibular 2nd Molar
Helpful in predicting surgical difficulty
Pell and Gregory - Class 1
Class 1 : Sufficient amount of space between the anterior border of ramus and the distal of the second molar for the accommodation of the entire crown (mesio-distal diameter) of the third molar
Pell and Gregory - Class 2
Pell and Gregory - Class 2
Class 2 - Space between the anterior border of ramus and the distal of
the second molar less than the mesio-distal diameter of the crown of the third molar
Pell and Gregory - Class 3
Class 3 - All of the third molar is within the ramus
Pell and Gregory - Class A (Maxilla)
- The occlusal plane of the impacted tooth is at the same level as
the adjacent tooth