To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Wisdom teeth extractions are a very common procedure in the ...

Young people who take opioids after surgery may develop an addiction to them. Researchers at the University of Michigan found young people between the ages of 13 and 30 are nearly three times more ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) – A 17-year-old in Colorado is in need of a lung transplant after a routine wisdom teeth removal surgery led to the discovery of a rare autoimmune disease.

If you’re curious or concerned about wisdom teeth, you’re not alone. At Westchester Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery & Implantology, with offices in Purchase and White Plains, we speak with patients every ...

Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...

Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to develop and often start to come into the mouth in the late teens. The high school and early college years are the ideal time to evaluate —and ...