Teeth are an essential and permanent part of our adult lives. We grow a set of milk teeth as kids and lose them in the following years, growing a new and permanent set if adult teeth by the age of 12 ...

Having your wisdom teeth removed is a routine procedure, but it’s natural to wonder how long it takes to recover and feel like yourself again. At Toronto East Maxillofacial Surgery, we understand that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As thousands of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Family of 24-year-old software developer wants answers to his death. April 3, 2013— -- The family of a 24-year-old California man who died unexpectedly after having had his wisdom teeth removed ...

A family is asking questions after a 24-year-old man died following an oral surgeon's operation to remove his wisdom teeth late last month. Marek Lapinski, of Murrieta, Calif., went into cardiac ...