Adolescents and young adults who fill an opioid prescription for wisdom teeth extractions are more than twice as likely to continue filling opioid prescriptions weeks or months later, according to new ...

When you are considering extracting an impacted third molar, on what information do you base your decision? The findings of a new study might help you in your next case, as researchers looked at ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Just the thought of it makes any teenager cringe. Wisdom teeth that need to come out. One minute, the dental hygienist says you're doing a good job flossing-- the next minute ...

Background Third molars are the most commonly impacted teeth, and their extraction is the most commonly performed procedure in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The aim of the present study is to ...

There are many potential reasons why wisdom teeth need to be removed. Below is the list of various situations when the extraction of these teeth is recommended: Patients usually experience ...

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, according to a new study. Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved ...

Our grandparents and parents tell stories about the time when kids routinely had their tonsils removed. But for people born in the 1960s and later, their routine surgery stories are about having third ...

Cracked teeth are the second most common dental problem at the National Dental Centre Singapore. Read more at ...

The Third City Community Clinic will be putting on a tooth extraction clinic on Oct. 10 in Grand Island. Susan Aguilar, director of the Third City Community Clinic, said she hopes the clinic will be ...