The surgical removal of third molars is one of the most common interventions in oral and maxillofacial practice, yet it carries significant consequences for the periodontal health of the adjacent ...

Orthodontic treatment plays a pivotal role in managing dental crowding and malocclusion, while its implications on third molar development have attracted substantial clinical interest. The interplay ...

A new research published in the journal of BMC Oral Health showed that the use of injectable platelet-rich fibrin (iPRF) may ...

When you are considering extracting an impacted third molar, on what information do you base your decision? The findings of a new study might help you in your next case, as researchers looked at ...

Adolescents and young adults who fill an opioid prescription for wisdom teeth extractions are more than twice as likely to continue filling opioid prescriptions weeks or months later, according to new ...

Nonopioids were noninferior on days 2 and 3 and during the postoperative period, with all confidence intervals within the margin of noninferiority. HealthDay News — For patients undergoing impacted ...

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, according to a new study. Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved ...

Having a tooth pulled out can feel like an instant fix. The pain goes, the infection clears, and life moves on. But what many ...

Sometimes, a tooth can become so severely damaged or infected that your dentist might discuss a couple of different kinds of treatment plans with you. The first is a root canal, and the other is a ...