Management of Impacted Teeth Flashcards
Impacted tooth
A tooth that fails to erupt into the dental arch within a specific
time frame
Impacted tooth
Etiology
(6)
- Inadequate arch length
- Prolonged deciduous tooth retention
- Malposition of Impacted tooth
- 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)
(3)
- Degree of impaction
(Depth in Bone) - Position of tooth
(Long axis of tooth in Bone) - Pell and Gregory
Classification of Impacted Teeth (Third Molars)
Degree of Impaction - Depth in Bone
(4)
- Erupted-normal levels of surrounding bone
- Soft tissue impaction
- Partial bone impaction
- Complete bone impaction
Classification of Impacted Teeth (Third Molars)
Position of Tooth (long axis of the tooth in bone)
(6)
- Vertical
- Mesioangular
- Horizontal
- Distoangular
- Inverted
- Buccal/Palatal or Lingual
– Most common in the maxilla
– Most common in the mandible
- Vertical
- Mesioangular
Pell and Gregory Classification
(3)
- Less commonly used
- Class 1,2 or 3 –
- Class A, B, or C –
- 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)
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.
Class I - Situated anterior to the anterior border of the ramus and there is
adequate room to erupt
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
Class 2 - Crown ½ covered by the anterior border of the ramus
Pell and Gregory - Class 3
Class 3 - All of the third molar is within the ramus
Class 3- Crown fully covered by the anterior border of the ramus
Pell and Gregory - Class A (Maxilla)
- The occlusal plane of the impacted tooth is at the same level as
the adjacent tooth
Pell and Gregory - Class A Mandible
- The occlusal plane of the impacted tooth is at the same level as
the adjacent tooth
Pell and Gregory - Class B (Maxilla)
- The occlusal plane of the impacted tooth is between the occlusal
plane and the cervical line of the adjacent tooth