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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For older teens and young adults, the extraction of so-called wisdom teeth is a painful rite of passage. A new study suggests it’s likely made more perilous by the package of narcotic pain pills that ...

In the second epsiode of Hulu's new show, The Act, based on the true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Gypsy has to get her teeth extracted. According to the American Dental Association, dental ...

Drummond alleges that agency staff changed its language twice after it was published for a public comment period from Dec. 15 ...