There are many potential reasons why wisdom teeth need to be removed. Below is the list of various situations when the extraction of these teeth is recommended: Patients usually experience ...

The best way to take tartar off your teeth is to have someone else do it. Dentists and oral hygienists have the tools and training to take care of pesky plaque. Tartar — also known as calculus — is an ...

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 ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) –During winter break many students and parents brace for a common rite of passage: wisdom teeth removal. Dr. Jason Auerbach, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon based in New Jersey, sheds ...

Dreams of space travel frequently begin with rockets and starry skies, not dental chairs. However, for astronauts, minor and everyday body parts can become severe worries once Earth is far behind.