Zahnretention
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![](https://pacs.de/sites/default/files/pictures/thumbs/upload.wikimedia.org/5/0/0/9/3/Cyst_-_wisdom_tooth_thumb.jpg)
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Radiograph of
impacted wisdom tooth with an intimate association with the inferior alveolar nerve
![](https://pacs.de/sites/default/files/pictures/thumbs/upload.wikimedia.org/9/1/4/9/3/Horizontal_impacted_wisdom_tooth_thumb.jpg)
![](https://pacs.de/sites/default/files/pictures/thumbs/upload.wikimedia.org/9/1/4/9/4/Horizontal_impacted_wisdom_tooth_2_thumb.jpg)
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Impacted
wisdom tooth with a backward tilt (distoangular impaction) and chronic infection to back of the crown (green arrow)
![](https://pacs.de/sites/default/files/pictures/thumbs/upload.wikimedia.org/9/1/4/9/7/Distoangular_impaction_wisdom_tooth_infection_thumb.jpg)
Impacted
wisdom tooth with distoangular (back) tilt with infection around crown (not visible on xray)
![](https://pacs.de/sites/default/files/pictures/thumbs/upload.wikimedia.org/9/1/4/9/8/Mesioangular_full_bony_wisdom_tooth_impaction_thumb.jpg)
Impacted
wisdom tooth with mesioangular (foward) tilt with no communication to the mouth
![](https://pacs.de/sites/default/files/pictures/thumbs/upload.wikimedia.org/9/1/5/0/7/3D_CT_impacted_wisdom_tooth_thumb.jpg)
3D CT of an
impacted wisdom teeth adjacent the inferior alveolar nerve (blue)
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