General ideas about the stages, classifications, pathological conditions during the lower third molars eruption in humans. Literature review. Part 1

The article is a review of literature data on the stages, classifications, pathological conditions during the eruption of the lower third molars in humans. The authors analyzed the established knowledge about clinical and morphological changes at various stages of eruption of the lower third molars, studied new data describing the pathogenetic, histological and biochemical features of their development, packaging, movement to the occlusal plane. The literature review helped to identify a series of current trends that define a number of key hypotheses that summarize the accumulated material and indicate different opinions on the topic under study, which confirms the prospects and relevance of continuing research.