That throbbing pain in the back of your jaw might have you thinking about wisdom teeth removal. You’ve likely heard stories ...

I've been putting up my wisdom tooth extraction for five years because I'm scared the local anesthesia's gonna kill me because maybe I'm allergic to it. Dear Patient, I can certainly understand ...

Wisdom tooth extractions get a bad name because of occasional jaw pain experienced several days afterwards, which can be treated with pills.

Do we need our wisdom teeth removed? Experts say this common procedure may be unnecessary Wisdom teeth may be a vestige of evolution, but do they really need to be yanked out of our heads?

The post-extraction options weren’t appealing. She could choose not to replace the tooth, but the other teeth would shift and she’d probably lose the molar above the missing one.