A recent study has found that extracting impacted wisdom teeth hidden in the lower jaw is more advantageous when done at a younger age. Patients in their 40s and older face up to 4.8 times higher risk ...

Getting your wisdom teeth pulled? You don't need opioids to deal with the pain of the extraction, a new study says. A combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen provided better pain relief than ...

You don’t need opioids to deal with the pain of the extraction, a new study says. A combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen provided better pain relief than hydrocodone with acetaminophen for the ...

Directly following surgery, it's normal to feel a little groggy from the anesthesia. Some dental professionals may use local anesthesia, meaning just the area around the wisdom teeth is numbed, while ...

An Illinois teen suddenly passed away after she became unresponsive during routine dental surgery. Sophie Farmer, 17, was undergoing a wisdom teeth extraction at Northern Lakes Oral Surgery and Dental ...

Irish alt-pop sensation CMAT has pressed pause on her UK tour after an unexpected health hiccup — a troublesome wisdom tooth. The 29-year-old singer - whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson - ...

Impacted wisdom teeth are frequently linked to inflammatory dental disease and destruction of adjacent teeth. One study found that over 63% of impacted teeth caused some form of pathology, like ...

After undergoing a groundbreaking "tooth-in-eye" procedure, a man has regained his sight after being blind for more than two decades, CBC reports.Brent Chapman, who lost his vision at age 13, is one ...

1 Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2 Health Promotion Research Group, Research Institute for Medical and ...

Not everyone has wisdom teeth, which usually develop fully at the back of the mouth between the ages of 18 and 24 years. Various factors can result in a lack of wisdom teeth, including genetics and ...

My friends and I ended up visiting a dental office during our girls' trip to Turkey. I got affordable, top-notch medical services that would've cost me way more in the US. Now, I get why Turkey is a ...