New research suggests the wisdom teeth you had pulled may have held two secret abilities all along, scientists now confirm.

Getting your wisdom teeth pulled has always felt like a quickly forgettable rite of passage. That framing is starting to look ...

One of the most common questions patients ask is whether their third molars – commonly known as wisdom teeth – should be ...

Wisdom teeth contain stem cells that can become nerve, heart and bone tissue, new research now clearly confirms.

Not everyone gets wisdom teeth. I asked my friend David Carsten about it. He studied biochemistry at Washington State University. Now he’s a dentist who teaches about dental sedation and anesthesia at ...

A combination of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) controls pain after wisdom tooth removal better than opioids, according to a Rutgers Health study that could change how dentists ...

Essex Street Dental Medicine explains how timely diagnosis can reduce the risk of infection, crowding, and more complex ...

Amber Freeman, host of Bloom, sat down with Board-certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Dr. Thomas Boland, to discuss why ...