http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have discovered a statistical association between the injection of local dental anesthesia given to children ages two to six and evidence of missing lower wisdom teeth. The results of this epidemiological study, published in the April issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association, suggest that injecting anesthesia into the gums of young children may interrupt the development of the lower wisdom tooth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-dental-anesthesia-wisdom-teeth-children.html Dentistry Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:05:53 EST news284205839 Little evidence exists to support removing impacted wisdom teeth that are not causing pain and swelling, aren’t negatively affecting other teeth, and are disease-free, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-evidence-impacted-wisdom-teeth.html Dentistry Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:30:01 EST news258970395 (HealthDay) -- If you've been to the dentist with your children recently, you may have noticed that things have changed since you were a kid. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-tiny-tots-dentist-chair-pediatric.html Dentistry Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:01 EST news256564095 (HealthDay) -- Stephanie Crowe, a mother of three from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., still remembers dreading a visit to the dentist as a young girl. It was often a painful experience, and her family's dentist showed little empathy to his smallest patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-dental.html Dentistry Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:01 EST news256563936