Dentistry
Wisdom teeth removal: Surgery, recovery, and what you can eat
Your dentist has delivered the bad news: You need wisdom teeth removal surgery, a procedure that no one looks forward to having.
Apr 25, 2023
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Dentistry
Dental care for kids: Urgent vs. emergent situations
It's always stressful when a child is experiencing dental pain or trauma. In honor of Children's Oral Health Month, the team at UConn Pediatric Dentistry has put together some things to keep in mind during these difficult ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Health
Pulling wisdom teeth can improve long-term taste function
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 challenge the notion that ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Dentistry
Bad molars? The origins of wisdom teeth
Our grandparents and parents tell stories about the time when kids routinely had their tonsils removed. But for people born in the 1960s and later, their routine surgery stories are about having third molars, a.k.a. wisdom ...
Nov 9, 2018
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Medications
Unwise opioids for wisdom teeth: Study shows link to long-term use in teens and young adults
Getting wisdom teeth removed may be a rite of passage for many teens and young adults, but the opioid painkiller prescriptions that many of them receive could set them on a path to long-term opioid use, a new study finds.
Aug 7, 2018
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Dentistry
What are wisdom teeth, and should you have them removed?
Unfortunately, oral and dental pain is something everyone can relate to. One of the most common reasons people visit the dentist is for pain related to their "wisdom teeth", or the third set of molar (grinding) teeth to erupt ...
Aug 2, 2018
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Medications
Dentist group puts teeth in push to curb opioid painkillers
The American Dental Association wants dentists to drastically cut back on prescribing opioid painkillers.
Mar 26, 2018
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Dentistry
Larger families linked to heightened tooth loss risk for moms
Having a larger family is linked to a heightened tooth loss risk for mums, suggest the results of a large European study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Mar 13, 2018
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Health
Group suggests pushing age of adolescence to 24
A small group of researchers with the Royal Children's Hospital in Australia is suggesting that it might be time to change the span of years that define adolescence—from the current 10 to 19 to a proposed 10 to 24 years ...
Dentistry
Do wisdom teeth have to be removed?
Should you have a wisdom tooth removed if it is not causing you any pain? Oral and maxillofacial surgeon Hossein Ghaeminia of Radboud university medical center researched the risk of complications when removing these teeth. ...
Jun 20, 2017
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