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tooth anatomy, tooth, unemerged, unemerged tooth, dental impaction, an impacted tooth, a tooth fails to fully emerge, the gums, teeth emerge, the gums, infancy, primary, baby, teeth, replaced by the permanent teeth, a tooth fails to emerge, emerges only partially, impacted, the last teeth to emerge, most common teeth to, become impacted, the wisdom teeth, third set of molars, emerge between the ages of 17, an impacted tooth remains embedded in soft gingiva, gum, tissue, bone beyond its normal eruption time, overcrowding, the jaw is too small to fit the third set of molars, teeth, become twisted, tilted, displaced, they try to emerge, resulting in impacted teeth, impacted wisdom teeth, very common, painless, no apparent trouble, professionals believe an impacted tooth pushes on the next tooth, pushes the next tooth, eventually causing a misalignment, the bite, a partially emerged tooth, trap food, plaque, debris, in the soft tissue around it, inflammation, tenderness, the gums, unpleasant mouth odor, pericoronitis, pain, tenderness, the gums, gingiva, jaw bone, unpleasant taste, biting down on, near the area, visible gap where a tooth, did not emerge, bad breath, redness, swelling, the gums around the impacted tooth, swollen lymph nodes, the neck, difficulty opening the mouth, prolonged headache, jaw ache, dentist, look, enlarged tissue over the area where a tooth has not emerged, has emerged only partially, impacted tooth pressing on adjacent teeth, gums around the area, signs of infection, redness, drainage, tenderness, gums swell over impacted wisdom teeth, drain, tighten, tooth came in, went back down again, dental x-rays confirm, teeth, not emerged, goal of treatment, relieve irritation, the mouth, impacted tooth, impacted tooth is not causing infection, inflammation, not affecting the alignment, the other teeth, no treatment necessary, over-the-counter pain relievers, warm salt water, one-half teaspoon of salt in one cup of water, over-the-counter mouthwashes soothing, gums, extraction, removal, the tooth, usual treatment, an impacted tooth, often is performed, in the dentist's office under local anesthesia, tooth is deeply impacted, extraction is expected, dentist, refer the person to an oral surgeon, tooth removal, antibiotics required, prior to tooth extraction area around the tooth is infected, impacted teeth, no problems, people, never, require treatment, impacted tooth is causing symptoms, extraction, successful in resolving the symptoms, preferable to have wisdom teeth extracted, a patient is under 30, flexibility of bone, allow an easier extraction, better healing, a person ages, bone becomes more rigid, complications, recurrent infection of a partially buried tooth, abscess, the tooth/gums, malocclusion, the teeth, chronic discomfort, in the mouth, "plaque traps", call dentist, there, unemerged tooth, partially emerged tooth, pain, in the gums, symptoms have developed.