Khaberni

Beware of These Mistakes After Wisdom Tooth Extraction

Khaberni - Many people may need to remove a wisdom tooth due to severe pain or unbearable inflammation, but adhering to ...
DrBicuspid

Salve-soaked gauze may curb 3rd-molar extraction pain, dry socket

Inserting gauze coated with an antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment into a wisdom tooth extraction site may control dry socket, infection, and pain. The findings come from a study published earlier this ...
Medical Dialogues

Increased Age Significant Risk Factor for IAN Neurosensory Deficit after Extraction of Lower Third Molars: Study Shows

Increasing age was identified as a significant independent predictor of inferior alveolar nerve injury after lower third molar extraction. Each additional year of age increased the odds of ...
Wicked Local

Nothing but the Tooth column: Picking the right time for a tooth extraction

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: My name is Kaci and I live in L.A. County which is currently a hotspot for COVID-19. I have a wisdom tooth removal scheduled for next Friday. The ...
DrBicuspid

Tooth extraction causes rare symptom of vertigo

A 26-year-old woman experienced vertigo after having two teeth surgically removed, according to a case report published on August 13 in the British Dental Journal. Only four similar cases have been ...
WHYY

Ditch the opioids: New Rutgers study shows over-the-counter pain meds may be more effective for post–wisdom teeth extraction

Inside the Nice pharmacy on Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, employees busily fill prescriptions for waiting customers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...
Wicked Local

NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH: Picking the right time for a tooth extraction

Q. My name is Kaci and I live in L.A. County which is currently a hotspot for COVID. I have a wisdom tooth removal scheduled for next Friday. The tooth is my bottom right molar. The tooth has never ...