Impacted Teeth

Impacted Teeth

Impacted teeth may cause gum disease, crowding, decay, poor positioning, cysts, and pain. People generally associate this condition with wisdom teeth, the least necessary of all your teeth.

Wisdom teeth (third molars) may not erupt, or emerge from your gums, until your late teens or early twenties - if they erupt at all. Most often, they are impacted, or trapped in the jawbone and gums, usually because there's not enough room for them in your mouth. Our jaws are smaller than those of early humans, who needed large jaws and more teeth for their tougher diet.

Reconstructive Jaw and Face Surgery

Maxillofacial Cosmetic Surgery

Dental Implants

Snoring and Sleep Apnea

Chronic Facial Pain

Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorders

Maxillofacial and Oral Facial Pathology

Impacted Teeth

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program

FACULTY:

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Physicians

CENTERS & PROGRAMS:

Centers and Programs In Oral Maxillofacial Surgery

CONTACT US:

UAB Health System Facilities