Impacted

  • (adj): Wedged or packed in together.
    Example: "An impacted tooth"
    Synonyms: wedged

Some articles on impacted:

Tooth Impaction
... An impacted tooth is one that fails to erupt into the dental arch within the specific time ... Because impacted teeth do not erupt, they are retained throughout the individual's lifetime unless extracted or exposed surgically ... Teeth may become impacted because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue or a genetic abnormality ...
Accident Prevention - Within Other Professions - Tools
... US Agency for International Development created a web-based tool for estimating populations impacted by disasters ... FEWS NET Project to estimate populations vulnerable and or impacted by food insecurity, Population Explorer is gaining wide use in a range of emergency analysis and ...
Tooth Impaction - Complications
... Erupted teeth that are adjacent to impacted teeth are predisposed to periodontal disease ... of the last tooth, in the presence of an impacted tooth there is always gingival inflammation around the second molar that is invariably present ...
Tooth Impaction - Complications - Pericoronitis
... Pericoronitis is an infection of the soft tissue that covers the crown of an impacted tooth and is usually caused by the normal oral micriobiota ... Occasionally, an impacted tooth causes sufficient pressure on the roots of adjacent teeth causing it to resorb ... An impacted tooth occupies space that is usually filled with bone ...
List Of Cal Poly Pomona Presidents - Academics - Admissions - Impaction
... can be accommodated by the campus, and designates them as "impacted" ... At Cal Poly Pomona, impacted academic programs include Animal Health Science, Animal Science, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering ... students who wish to change majors to an impacted program must meet supplemental requirements required for that major ...