The time it takes to recover from a wisdom tooth extraction can vary depending on factors like your age and whether any were impacted. Recovery typically takes between 3 days and 2 weeks. Wisdom teeth ...

Some people don't need their wisdom teeth removed. However, if your wisdom teeth cause complications like infection or crowding, have them taken out.

Impacted wisdom teeth happen when there's not enough room in your mouth for your third molars to emerge and they get stuck ...

A common rite of passage—having your wisdom teeth pulled—might be raising the risk of teens and young adults becoming addicted to opioids, a new study out Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests.

Going to college to gain wisdom in a field of interest is an expensive undertaking for most students. Such a financial burden often means students will postpone dealing with a different kind of wisdom ...

While having your wisdom teeth out is typically seen as a teenage rite of passage, the truth is that people of all ages require orthodontic treatment to have these teeth removed. Adults generally get ...

For older teens and young adults, the extraction of so-called wisdom teeth is a painful rite of passage. A new study suggests it’s likely made more perilous by the package of narcotic pain pills that ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (Gray News) – A 17-year-old died during a routine wisdom tooth removal in Washington state back in June, and his parents filed a lawsuit this week against the surgeon. According to a ...