I looked like a blowfish, but not of the Hootie variety. On Wednesday, I went to the dentist to have one of my upper right jaw teeth extracted. The right side of my face eventually swelled up to ...

Dentists recommend proactive removal of wisdom tooth when they see a high risk of future issues like crowding, decay or cysts, explains rediffGURU Dr Shyam Jamalabad.

Wisdom teeth do not necessarily have to be removed. Some people have enough space in their jaw to let wisdom teeth come in and are able to clean them. When wisdom teeth emerge, they can cause ...

So, tomarrow morning I will be getting 3 wisdom teeth pulled. Why only 3? Well, I only have 3, apparently the 4th never grew. The two lower ones are impacted and the upper one is really close to my ...

Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...

When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he couldn’t find a dentist in Marin County willing to take Medicaid to do a root canal. Marin Community Clinics referred ...