No reliable studies exist to support removal of trouble-free impacted wisdom teeth, according to a systematic review of evidence. Despite this surprising lack of data, extraction of third molars has ...

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 ...

Your dentist has just advised you to have your wisdom teeth removed, even though they are not causing any problems. Is this a word to the wise, or jumping the, er, gum? Wisdom teeth, of course, are ...

Your dentist has just advised you to have your wisdom teeth removed, even though they are not causing any problems. Wisdom teeth, of course, are the molars that sit farthest back in the mouth, two in ...

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, according to a new study. Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved ...

Oral surgeons should consider prematurely extracting the third molars of children before they start bone disease therapy to prevent jawbone destruction, according to an article published on April 20 ...

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 ...

This morning I finally got my wisdom teeth pulled. All four of them were pulled, three of which were impacted—whatever that means. Now that the Novocaine has worn off, I have started to realize how ...

PHILADELPHA--Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, a new Penn Medicine study published in the journal Chemical Senses found.