When Kendall Schara's body seemed unable to fight a simple infection, doctors knew something was wrong ...

The trouble with wisdom teeth is more accurately a byproduct of our changing environment—specifically, our diet ...

Wisdom teeth are the third set of molars located at the very back of the mouth. They look just like the first and second molars, but can sometimes be a little smaller. They are commonly called wisdom ...

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 ...

If you are experiencing constant jaw pain or headaches, then you need to know if wisdom teeth could be behind it. Here are the symptoms that it may cause and know when you need to seek a dentist.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The third molars — commonly known as wisdom teeth — usually emerge between the age of 17 and 21.

Leora Leavey, 17, a rising high school senior from Bethesda, Md., had her wisdom teeth removed just before Memorial Day, hoping to use the long holiday weekend to recover. X-rays showed that two of ...

Patients who regularly use marijuana may require higher doses of anesthesia when undergoing wisdom teeth removal, according to a new study in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (JOMS).

What was expected to be a standard wisdom tooth extraction led to a shocking medical discovery for 21-year-old Wisconsin ...

Caitlin Alsop had been enjoying a “quiet dinner” with friends when her life, very suddenly, turned upside down. In the days prior, the 27-year-old Australian woman had felt “a bit” under the weather – ...