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Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging helped clinicians use a novel surgical technique to remove a rare nasally impacted extra tooth in a 13-year-old boy. The case report was published on April ...

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A Florida mother who believed she was heading in for a routine wisdom-tooth consultation was stunned when surgeons instead discovered a rare and potentially dangerous cyst that had quietly eaten away ...

There are many potential reasons why wisdom teeth need to be removed. Below is the list of various situations when the extraction of these teeth is recommended: Patients usually experience ...

Reprinted from The Practitioner August, 1918. Communication read before the Section of Odontology, Royal Society of Medicine, June 10, 1918.