a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast
Any tooth that does not erupt when it should (e g , tooth blocked by bone and/or tissue, keeping it under the surface of the gum)
The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip
A condition that a tooth is not able to come in normally or stuck underneath another tooth or bone
a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally a disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon the condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed
{i} state of being firmly wedged in; overcrowded condition; condition in which a tooth is unable to fully erupt (Dentistry)
A condition describing the total or partial lack of eruption of a tooth well after the normal age for eruption An impacted tooth may appear blocked by another tooth, bone or soft tissue, but the cause of tooth impaction if often unknown