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 ...

A recent study has found that extracting impacted wisdom teeth hidden in the lower jaw is more advantageous when done at a younger age. Patients in their 40s and older face up to 4.8 times higher risk ...

While astronauts receive basic medical training, complex surgeries require specialised skills, advanced imaging, anaesthesia, ...

Discover essential information about impacted wisdom teeth, their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and the importance of oral hygiene.

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 ...