Patients who experience trauma such as wisdom teeth extractions may develop temporomandibular disorders (TMD), according to a review published recently in Cranio: the Journal of Craniomandibular and ...

Radiography, CT, and 3D modeling helped clinicians remove burs that had broken off from high-speed handpieces during third-molar extractions and migrated to the mandibular body of one patient and the ...

There is nothing wise about the way humans view wisdom teeth, according to many experts. "Removal of impacted teeth where there is no disease is controversial." Wisdom teeth, or a person's third and ...

The surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars is a common procedure in oral and maxillofacial surgery, necessitating careful consideration in order to minimise postoperative ...

If you have a healthy mouth, there should be less than a 2- to 3-millimeter (mm) pocket (rift) between the base of your teeth and gums. Gum disease can increase the size of these pockets. When the gap ...