A new study challenges the belief that pulling wisdom teeth has a negative effect on taste. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine found that extraction not only can ...

Khaberni - Many people may need to remove a wisdom tooth due to severe pain or unbearable inflammation, but adhering to ...

Dentists recommend proactive removal of wisdom tooth when they see a high risk of future issues like crowding, decay or cysts, explains rediffGURU Dr Shyam Jamalabad.

Consider it a wise move. More than 5 million young Americans will have their wisdom teeth removed this year. The preventive surgery is common for a reason. Modern mouths are smaller than those of our ...

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, a new Penn Medicine study published in the journal Chemical Senses found. The findings ...

Popular procedures performed by oral surgeons in Staten Island include extractions and jaw corrections, promising relief and improved function—discover what might suit you best.

If your dentist has ever pointed to a crowded X-ray and grimaced, warning that your wisdom teeth might soon cause trouble, ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) –During winter break many students and parents brace for a common rite of passage: wisdom teeth removal. Dr. Jason Auerbach, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon based in New Jersey, sheds ...

THERE are times when patients only want to ask their dentist a question because of a problem they are currently encountering.

Inside the Nice pharmacy on Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, employees busily fill prescriptions for waiting customers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...