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 ...

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 ...

The outcomes of early extraction of FPM include a decrease in post extraction space, accelerated development and eruption of the SPM and third molar, a decrease in caries and/or fillings on proximal ...

Alveolar osteitis, commonly known as dry socket, is a postoperative complication following third molar (wisdom tooth) extractions. It is characterised by the premature loss of the haemostatic blood ...

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 ...

Actual extraction difficulty of all third molars (M3s) correlated well with the opinion of surgeons on the importance of individual predictive factors. In a US clinic, 14 surgeons first estimated ...

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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 ...

Moore and Hersh recently reviewed the clinical evidence supporting the use of an ibuprofen-APAP analgesic drug combination to manage postoperative dental pain. The investigators sourced systematic, ...

Patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, a new Penn Medicine study published in the journal Chemical Senses found. The findings ...