A boy in Virginia was 9 years and 327 days old when he had a wisdom tooth extracted, making him the youngest person in the world to undergo this procedure, according to a recent story in the Guinness ...

Using elastic kinesiology tape in conjunction with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were more effective than pain medication alone in treating postoperative complications after wisdom ...

Lucas Duarte-Rodrigues, Ednele Fabyene Primo Miranda, Taiane Oliveira Souza, Haroldo Neves de Paiva, Saulo Gabriel Moreira Falci, Endi Lanza Galvão https://www.jstor ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new meta-analysis of oral surgery studies appears to settle the question of whether corticosteroids ease recovery following wisdom tooth surgery, and the answer is a qualified "yes.

We registered our research topic at the Center for Reviews and Dissemination (registration number CRD42015020275). We developed a research protocol that included a search strategy, inclusion/exclusion ...

The time it takes to recover from a wisdom tooth extraction can vary depending on factors like your age and whether any were impacted. Recovery typically takes between 3 days and 2 weeks. Wisdom teeth ...

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 ...

Having wisdom teeth pulled has long been a rite of passage for many teens and young adults. For decades, dentists routinely warned teens and their parents that pesky wisdom teeth below the surface of ...

Our systematic review included eleven articles that fulfilled our inclusion criteria. These papers discussed several dental and skeletal consequences related to early extraction of compromised FPM. A ...