An Insight into Classification, Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management of Food Impaction

Food impaction is a commonly occurring entity evidenced in day-to-day dental practice. Various factors, such as improperly built proximal restoration, fabricated crown with interdental spacing, opposing plunger cusps, ill-fitting prosthesis and space created after orthodontic treatment by placement of molar bands, act reason for food getting impacted the dentition. But at same time, it neglected without knowing course pathogenesis same, which could eventually lead to formation localized periodontitis further progression even leads loss Hence, this chapter gives an in-depth insight aetiology, clinical radiographic diagnosis various means management from periodontist perspective.