Wisdom teeth contain stem cells that can become nerve, heart and bone tissue, new research now clearly confirms.

New research suggests the wisdom teeth you had pulled may have held two secret abilities all along, scientists now confirm.

Getting your wisdom teeth pulled has always felt like a quickly forgettable rite of passage. That framing is starting to look outdated. Two recent findings suggest the molars most oral surgeons drop ...

Researchers have found in a new study that routinely offering preradiotherapy tooth extraction to all eligible patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) would not significantly reduce the ...