Wisdom Teeth Dentistry

Any tooth has the potential to become impacted – that is, emerge in some oddball direction that crowds other teeth. But the most famous culprits are third molars, the last-to-emerge wisdom teeth. Not many mouths can accommodate an impacted wisdom tooth, let alone, teeth. They often wind up pressing against their neighbors, ultimately pressuring the […]

People often ask, “Why do we have wisdom teeth if there is no room in the jaws for them?” The answer has a lot to do with diet. In an article titled “Management of Asymptomatic Impacted Wisdom Teeth” in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, the author noted that the average, highly abrasive […]

The short answer is no. A dental biopsy is a technique of removing some tissue in order to examine it under a microscope. Most biopsies are done by administering some local anesthetic and then removing a segment of tissue with a scalpel. The indication for a biopsy is for any lesion or entity that is […]