To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Wisdom teeth extractions are a very common procedure in the ...

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 ...

Getting your wisdom teeth extracted might sound stressful and painful, but it’s something that many people experience. According to Gentle Dental, 70% of people will eventually need to get their ...

Young people who take opioids after surgery may develop an addiction to them. Researchers at the University of Michigan found young people between the ages of 13 and 30 are nearly three times more ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) – A 17-year-old in Colorado is in need of a lung transplant after a routine wisdom teeth removal surgery led to the discovery of a rare autoimmune disease.

WOODBURY, N.J. (CBS) --A South Jersey student is feeling lucky and grateful about having dental surgery after his wisdom teeth removal was free of charge thanks to a new program. Seventeen-year-old ...

Alexis Wintonyk, pictured with her three-year-old daughter, says she has been in pain from her wisdom teeth for years, but she can't afford surgery to have them removed. She hopes she can be covered ...

A 23-year-old single mother from Prince Albert says she has been living in pain from her wisdom teeth for more than three years. Recently, the pain has become unbearable, but Alexis Wintonyk can’t ...

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When it comes to having your wisdom teeth removed, there's one thing that's almost guaranteed—you will look like a chipmunk for days after, but does it have to be like that? Not according to TikTok.