Teeth are an essential and permanent part of our adult lives. We grow a set of milk teeth as kids and lose them in the following years, growing a new and permanent set if adult teeth by the age of 12 ...

Not everyone gets wisdom teeth. I asked my friend David Carsten about it. He studied biochemistry at Washington State University. Now he’s a dentist who teaches about dental sedation and anesthesia at ...

Directly following surgery, it's normal to feel a little groggy from the anesthesia. Some dental professionals may use local anesthesia, meaning just the area around the wisdom teeth is numbed, while ...

Getting your wisdom teeth extracted might sound stressful and painful, but it’s something that many people experience. According to Gentle Dental, 70% of people will eventually need to get their ...

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

For some reason, the event that separates childhood and adulthood, for me, was getting my wisdom teeth removed. Odd, I know. Something more like going to college, or puberty or my first time trying ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — An Idaho Falls, Idaho, woman's life changed in an instant when getting her wisdom teeth removed led her to a cancer diagnosis. Brittany Madder, 26, is a Thunder Ridge High School ...