Who hasn’t dreaded a trip to the dentist, for the removal of wisdom teeth? Chances are, many of us have! But what are wisdom teeth, and why do they often need to be removed? Here’s all you need to ...

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 ...

Administering an extraoral low-level diode laser for one session of irradiation following wisdom tooth surgery may decrease patient pain, according to the results of a clinical trial recently ...

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 ...