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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Laser gum surgery offers a minimally invasive alternative to traditional scalpel-based procedures, significantly reducing ...

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 ...

While on a girls' trip to Turkey, I dabbled in medical tourism. I saved about $700 on dental work and wisdom-tooth surgery ...

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 ...