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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Seeing a dentist may be one of the healthiest steps a person can take – for the rest of the body. This report showed that while most of the germs in a person’s mouth are harmless, ...

"We are closer to explaining why our wisdom teeth give us such problems, which could lead to non-invasive strategies, like changing what we eat as kids, to prevent wisdom tooth impaction," she said in ...

Going to college to gain wisdom in a field of interest is an expensive undertaking for most students. Such a financial burden often means students will postpone dealing with a different kind of wisdom ...

Dreams of space travel frequently begin with rockets and starry skies, not dental chairs. However, for astronauts, minor and everyday body parts can become severe worries once Earth is far behind.

Wisdom teeth are the last molars to come in. Your jaw is often fully developed by the time they emerge, so there may not be enough room for them to fit properly. This can lead to pain and other ...

Humans might be plagued by wisdom teeth problems today because our ancestors shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a soft modern diet, new research finds. Scientists are increasingly analyzing ...

When Tara Kwilecki's dentist originally suggested she remove her wisdom teeth a couple years ago, she resisted. "I didn't really want to have them taken out because they weren't hurting me," she said.

“Both wisdom teeth and the appendix are known for their unpredictability,” says Dr Hamid Raihan, Sr. Consultant & Head – ...

Getting your wisdom teeth removed can help prevent complications like tooth decay, crowding, and impaction. But this procedure, which removes the third molars that usually come in around ages 17 to 21 ...