As far as oral surgeries go, getting one’s wisdom teeth removed isn’t too unusual. However, what is uncommon is staying fully awake and coherent through the experience. Most patients either take ...

MONTEREY — It was like a page out of a science fiction story. When local oral surgeon Dr. Ryan Lloyd removed his son’s wisdom teeth he didn’t discard them as is usual procedure. Instead, he sent them ...

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 ...

You don’t need opioids to deal with the pain of the extraction, a new study says. A combination of ibuprofen and ...

They often suffer from pain and complications due to their neglected wisdom teeth on the lower jaw. In the midst of this, a ...

Wisdom teeth are the last molar teeth to come out, usually in their late teens and early 20s, around the time of adulthood.

Paris Hilton had four wisdom teeth taken out today (09.05.13). The 32-year-old socialite was left in agony after undergoing the procedure to remove her unneeded gnashers and has taken to her bed to ...

Those who were prescribed an opioid before or after their wisdom teeth removal are nearly 3 times as likely to go on to long-term use of the drug, according to a University of Michigan study published ...

Non-Prescription Pain Meds Work Equally Well for Men and Women After Tooth Extraction Over-the-counter pain medications work ...