Scientists have uncovered 'medical gold' that can be extracted from people's obsolete wisdom teeth. Many people choose to get their wisdom teeth removed despite no immediate need, like infection, just ...

While having your wisdom teeth out is typically seen as a teenage rite of passage, the truth is that people of all ages require orthodontic treatment to have these teeth removed. Adults generally get ...

Wisdom tooth removal is a common procedure, but can wisdom teeth grow back? Wisdom teeth are surrounded by myths and misconceptions. Our wisdom teeth are so-called because they emerge later than our ...

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 ...

Wisdom teeth are a third set of molars — the large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth — that usually emerge between the ages of 17 and 25. Scientists believe that wisdom teeth were essential for our ...

Shannon Griffiths, of Denton, was 18 when she noticed a lump on her jaw. She was initially treated for wisdom tooth pain - ...

Ariadne Letra receives funding from the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research. Seth M. Weinberg receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Wisdom teeth are the third ...

What Is a Dentigerous Cyst? A dentigerous cyst, also called a follicular cyst, is the second most common type of jaw (odontogenic) cyst. It's a fluid-filled sac that develops in your jawbone over a ...