A 23-year-old woman in São Paulo, Brazil, has died from an infection after a wisdom tooth extraction. The case has been registered as a suspicious death and will be investigated by the Civil Police.

A Minnesota teen is fighting for her life after suffering cardiac arrest during routine wisdom tooth extraction. Seventeen-year-old Sydney Galleger was taken to Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital, ...

A new study challenges the belief that pulling wisdom teeth has a negative effect on taste. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine found that extraction not only can ...

Usually, extracted wisdom teeth are tossed away as medical waste. A few patients might try to keep them as a souvenir. Now, though, there is a third option. And it involves stem cells. “It's almost ...

Q: What are wisdom teeth? A: Technically speaking, wisdom teeth are considered “third molars.” They are generally the last teeth to erupt, and they typically do so during the teenage years. All told, ...

Getting wisdom teeth pulled often comes with a side of potent painkillers to help the discomfort. And a new research report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday ...

Unfortunately, oral and dental pain is something everyone can relate to. One of the most common reasons people visit the dentist is for pain related to their "wisdom teeth", or the third set of molar ...

Every year, about 5 million Americans, most of whom are adolescents and young adults, have their wisdom teeth removed. Many of them are prescribed opioids for the pain during recovery. The American ...

AND ENDED UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. AN OSCEOLA COUNTY WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS LEFT BROKEN AND BRUISED AFTER A WISDOM TOOTH EXTRACTION. WESH TWO INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JUSTIN SCHECKER SHARES HER WARNING.

This was a Twitter response from another mom to my post: A photo of my kitchen island holding a box of ice pops, pudding cups, ice cream, and a jar of chicken bouillon cubes labeled, “Teen wisdom ...

Ree Drummond, star of The Pioneer Woman, truly entered a wild frontier of oral healthcare when she opted to have a wisdom tooth pulled with no sedation whatsoever. According to People, on New Year's ...