If you've ever had a tooth pulled, your dentist likely cautioned you about the risk of dry socket-a painful condition where ...

Laser therapy has numerous applications and may improve oral wound healing by encouraging cell regeneration, lessening pain, and modulating the immune system, but its use after tooth extraction ...

It’s not uncommon to experience a scratchy, irritated, sore throat after going to the dentist. While there are numerous potential causes, most cases resolve on their own. A sore throat may be related ...

An 8-year-old girl has died in Tolima, Colombia, after undergoing a "simple" tooth extraction. In a local television broadcast, the relatives of the little girl said that she suffered an unexpected ...

Q: I have worked in dentistry all my adult life. One dentist I worked for instructed patients after extractions to bite on a wet tea bag if bleeding continued. He told them to use a plain old Lipton ...

Imaging aided in the diagnosis of a 26-year-old man's very unusual infratemporal fossa abscess that developed in the lateral pterygoid, a masticatory muscle, following wisdom tooth extraction. The ...

A 20-year-old woman from Pokunuwita, Bandarhena, identified as Kottege Devmi Madushika, died on Sunday night (28) after ...

Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...