Patients who experience trauma such as wisdom teeth extractions may develop temporomandibular disorders (TMD), according to a review published recently in Cranio: the Journal of Craniomandibular and ...

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 ...

The surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars is a common procedure in oral and maxillofacial surgery, necessitating careful consideration in order to minimise postoperative ...

There is nothing wise about the way humans view wisdom teeth, according to many experts. "Removal of impacted teeth where there is no disease is controversial." Wisdom teeth, or a person's third and ...

Alexis Wintonyk, pictured with her three-year-old daughter, says she has been in pain from her wisdom teeth for years, but she can't afford surgery to have them removed. She hopes she can be covered ...

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 ...

WOODBURY, N.J. (CBS) --A South Jersey student is feeling lucky and grateful about having dental surgery after his wisdom teeth removal was free of charge thanks to a new program. Seventeen-year-old ...

Ayana Headspeth suffered from severe periodontal disease before transforming her confidence through an implant procedure ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A local dental center is taking action to support Central California students who may need a little dental work done. The Fresno Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Implant ...