Oral Health News

If you have been prescribed antibiotics by your dentist or oral surgeon for a “bad tooth,” it most likely means that you have an infection …

Proper healing after oral surgery procedures such as teeth extractions, wisdom teeth, or dental implants requires strict adherence to post-operative instructions. One key instruction is …

Removal of all four wisdom teeth at the same time has several advantages. It minimizes the number of surgeries and recoveries, anesthesia, and exposure to …

When you need to have your wisdom teeth removed, you know you must see a dentist. But what kind of dentist? Many people think their …

To achieve predictable results for wisdom teeth extractions, it is necessary for the oral surgeon to utilize the appropriate diagnostic tools and methods specific to the …

Oral Lichen Planus There are many types of oral lesions that can cause mouth soreness or discomfort. When patients experience such lesions or mouth sores …

Proper healing after oral surgery procedures such as teeth extractions, wisdom teeth, or dental implants requires strict adherence to postoperative instructions. One key instruction is …

A recent NBC report, ‘The Deadly Triangle: Dentists, Drugs, and Dependence’, talked about risks of drug dependence among patients who were prescribed opioids by their …

Extraction of broken teeth or residual roots can be a traumatic procedure often requiring gum tissue flap and bone removal for access. This situation may …

Dry socket (alveolar osteitis) is a wound healing complication that can occur following teeth extractions if the initial blood clot is lost. This results in …