A new study challenges the belief that pulling wisdom teeth has a negative effect on taste. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine found that extraction not only can ...

Discover essential information about impacted wisdom teeth, their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and the importance of oral hygiene.

Driver’s license, prom, ridding the body of vestigial teeth. All rites of passage for American adolescents. So things were right on track when, after a routine dentist visit during my oldest child’s ...

Consider it a wise move. More than 5 million young Americans will have their wisdom teeth removed this year. The preventive surgery is common for a reason. Modern mouths are smaller than those of our ...

Many states may have Medicaid coverage for wisdom tooth extractions if the removal is medically necessary, but coverage depends on the state. Older adults may also be able to get coverage through a ...

Young people who take opioids after surgery may develop an addiction to them. Researchers at the University of Michigan found young people between the ages of 13 and 30 are nearly three times more ...

A healthy 45-year-old man experienced respiratory failure due to a giant life-threatening lung abscess caused by oral bacteria stemming from a wisdom tooth extraction. The case report was published in ...

Is the Canadian Dental Care Plan making a difference in Saskatchewan? Health Canada reports 95,903 people in the province ...