Wisdom teeth typically affect young people between the ages of 17 and 25. A wisdom tooth is a third molar in the back of the mouth. Some people have no issues when their third set of molars appears. ‌ ...

Impacted wisdom teeth happen when a wisdom tooth gets lodged underneath the gum line. This can trigger irritation, pain, and ultimately lead to gum disease and tooth decay if not treated. Impacted ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 9, 2025 / Wisdom teeth are the last set of molars at the back of the mouth, which typically appear in late adolescence or early adulthood. 90% of people will ...

Impacted wisdom teeth are frequently linked to inflammatory dental disease and destruction of adjacent teeth. One study found that over 63% of impacted teeth caused some form of pathology, like ...

Digital panoramic radiographs and clinical records for 4258 dental patients aged 15 to 40 years old who attended a university dental hospital between 2011 and 2015 were retrieved for this study. All ...

Who hasn’t dreaded a trip to the dentist, for the removal of wisdom teeth? Chances are, many of us have! But what are wisdom teeth, and why do they often need to be removed? Here’s all you need to ...

Clinicians examining a routine dental x-ray discovered a 20-year-old man had rare, identical bilateral horizontally impacted lower molars. Details of the case were published in the Cureus Journal of ...

"We are closer to explaining why our wisdom teeth give us such problems, which could lead to non-invasive strategies, like changing what we eat as kids, to prevent wisdom tooth impaction," she said in ...

What Is a Dentigerous Cyst? A dentigerous cyst, also called a follicular cyst, is the second most common type of jaw (odontogenic) cyst. It's a fluid-filled sac that develops in your jawbone over a ...

Following the ranking of the position of the impacted teeth in the vertical, horizontal and angular categories, statistical significance testing was carried out to determine if any of the investigated ...