It’s best to skip hard, crunchy, and chewy foods after your wisdom teeth removal, so you don’t disrupt the healing process.

What factors should dentists consider before extracting a badly decayed first permanent molar in a child, and what are the consequences of removing or restoring it? Since there's no clear consensus ...

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 ...

Having trouble with pain or swelling near your wisdom teeth in Chicago? Discover the key signs that mean removal might be ...

Following lower third molar removal, distal second molar attachment levels (AL) and probing depths (PD) improved, without the need for adjunctive treatment. Adjunctive treatments with demineralised ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: My name is Kaci and I live in L.A. County which is currently a hotspot for COVID-19. I have a wisdom tooth removal scheduled for next Friday. The ...

I looked like a blowfish, but not of the Hootie variety. On Wednesday, I went to the dentist to have one of my upper right jaw teeth extracted. The right side of my face eventually swelled up to ...

The outcomes of early extraction of FPM include a decrease in post extraction space, accelerated development and eruption of the SPM and third molar, a decrease in caries and/or fillings on proximal ...