Adolescents and young adults who fill an opioid prescription for wisdom teeth extractions are more than twice as likely to continue filling opioid prescriptions weeks or months later, according to new ...

Increasing age was identified as a significant independent predictor of inferior alveolar nerve injury after lower third molar extraction. Each additional year of age increased the odds of ...

When you are considering extracting an impacted third molar, on what information do you base your decision? The findings of a new study might help you in your next case, as researchers looked at ...

It has been generally believed that removal of wisdom teeth, known as third molars, can have adverse effects on taste, although the effects dissipate over time. But a new Penn Medicine study has ...

Nonopioids were noninferior on days 2 and 3 and during the postoperative period, with all confidence intervals within the margin of noninferiority. HealthDay News — For patients undergoing impacted ...

This study shows that women taking oral contraceptives are at increased risk for dry socket and postoperative pain after extraction of a third molar. The higher incidence of dry socket may be related ...

Khaberni - Many people may need to remove a wisdom tooth due to severe pain or unbearable inflammation, but adhering to ...

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, according to a new study. Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved ...

Our search strategy yielded 1602 hits, comprising 148 in PubMed, 194 in Scopus, and 1260 in Science Direct. Duplicates were removed, leaving 1554 titles. Of these titles, 68 studies were approved for ...