The decision to remove wisdom teeth often seems like a routine part of young adulthood. But more people are starting to ask whether it’s always necessary. Those who oppose automatically taking out ...

Consider it a wise move. More than 5 million young Americans will have their wisdom teeth removed this year. The preventive surgery is common for a reason. Modern mouths are smaller than those of our ...

Everybody knows somebody with a wisdom tooth removal story: tales of cheek puffiness and recovery room, OMG-she-said-that?! abound. As a nurse, I considered wisdom teeth removal a minor procedure that ...

Drs. Dan Martin and Rachel Appelblatt at Tahoe Oral Surgery and Implant Center are your local dental implant and oral surgery specialists. They are experienced and board certified oral surgeons who ...

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 ...

It's best to skip hard, crunchy and chewy foods after your wisdom teeth removal so you don't disrupt the healing process. Here's a list of which foods to avoid.

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, ...

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 ...

With the school year out of the way, Eden Prairie High School junior Sydney Galleger went to the doctor to have her wisdom teeth removed. The routine procedure turned tragic. Galleger went into ...

Chelsey Bunner, of Pennsylvania, would not be deterred. Chelsey Bunner, 16, had her wisdom teeth pulled June 10 and attended Beyonce's Formation World Tour two days later in Hershey, Pa. Courtesy ...