Doctors in India say they made a surprise discovery when they removed 526 tooth-like structures from a young boy's mouth recently. The 7-year-old had been brought to the Saveetha Dental College and ...

There are many potential reasons why wisdom teeth need to be removed. Below is the list of various situations when the extraction of these teeth is recommended: Patients usually experience ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) –During winter break many students and parents brace for a common rite of passage: wisdom teeth removal. Dr. Jason Auerbach, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon based in New Jersey, sheds ...

For older teenagers and young adults, the extraction of wisdom teeth is a painful rite of passage. A new study suggests that it’s probably made more perilous by the narcotic pain pills that patients ...

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Dreams of space travel frequently begin with rockets and starry skies, not dental chairs. However, for astronauts, minor and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – As high schoolers make the transition to college, it can often be spendy. That’s why local oral surgeons are helping students save some money before stepping into the next ...

Driver’s license, prom, ridding the body of vestigial teeth. All rites of passage for American adolescents. So things were right on track when, after a routine dentist visit during my oldest child’s ...

INDIA (WTHR) — Doctors in India were put to the test when they had to remove more than 500 teeth from a little boy's mouth. The boy was brought to Saveeth Dental College and Hospital by his parents ...

The best way to take tartar off your teeth is to have someone else do it. Dentists and oral hygienists have the tools and training to take care of pesky plaque. Tartar — also known as calculus — is an ...

Surgeons in India made an astonishing discovery last month when swelling in a 7-year-old boy’s jaw turned out to be a mass containing more than 500 teeth, a possible world record. An x-ray of the lump ...