{"id":11996,"date":"2023-07-21T12:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/?p=11996"},"modified":"2023-07-21T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:20:55","slug":"i-have-a-tooth-trapped-inside-the-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velezylozano.com\/en\/i-have-a-tooth-trapped-inside-the-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a tooth trapped inside the bone"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you're reading this article, it's because you've been told (either at the dentist or elsewhere) that you have a tooth that is impacted or 'trapped' inside the bone. Or perhaps because you have a tooth that won't come out and you are considering the possibility that this phenomenon is happening to you.<\/p>\n

Specialists in the field call this an impacted tooth and it happens more often than we think. For example, it is very common for wisdom teeth to become trapped in the jaw, because they do not fit, and consequently they have to be removed.<\/p>\n

If you suffer from it, or if you are interested in it, today we will answer many of your questions related to the subject. Let's start with the first one:<\/p>\n

What is an enclosed tooth?<\/h2>\n

Impacted teeth, also known as retained or impacted teeth, are those that are fully formed but are found in the maxillary or mandibular bone and do not erupt, sometimes even with 'out of the ordinary' inclinations, lying down, most of them happen due to obstructive physical factors (lack of space), and other times due to anomalous positions with their adjacent teeth.<\/p>\n

There are usually two types of inclusion, total and temporary:<\/p>\n