Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carol Evans' oral surgeon told her she was too heavy to have her tooth removed under anesthetic. It was the wake-up call she ...

Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...

A young woman went through wisdom tooth surgery with almost no help from the people who were supposed to care most about her. When her parents later expected her to step in and care for her sick ...

Oct. 5 (UPI) --A 9-year-old Virginia boy earned an unusual Guinness World Record when he became the youngest person to have a wisdom tooth extracted. Guinness World Records said Ryan Scarpelli's ...

Years after his parents first noticed swelling in his jaw, a 7-year-old Indian boy underwent surgery to remove a mass that contained more than 500 teeth, according to doctors. The boy underwent ...