When you are considering extracting an impacted third molar, on what information do you base your decision? The findings of a new study might help you in your next case, as researchers looked at ...

Adolescents and young adults who fill an opioid prescription for wisdom teeth extractions are more than twice as likely to continue filling opioid prescriptions weeks or months later, according to new ...

Moore and Hersh recently reviewed the clinical evidence supporting the use of an ibuprofen-APAP analgesic drug combination to manage postoperative dental pain. The investigators sourced systematic, ...

FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing impacted mandibular third molar extraction, nonopioid therapy provides superior pain control on day 1 and noninferior control to ...

Nonopioids were noninferior on days 2 and 3 and during the postoperative period, with all confidence intervals within the margin of noninferiority. HealthDay News — For patients undergoing impacted ...