wisdom teeth extraction

Listening to Music During Wisdom Teeth Removal

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An interesting article titled “The Effects of Music Listening During Extraction of the Impacted Mandibular Third Molar on the Autonomic Nervous System and Psychological State” appears in the 2019 edition of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery written by Yamashita et al. In the article the authors explored the effects of listening to music during wisdom teeth removal to see if there was any suppression in sympathetic nervous activity and decrease in anxiety. In the article the authors discuss how tooth extractions can be stressful for patients and in particular extractions of lower wisdom teeth. The authors devised a study with forty women ages 20 to 40 years old who had a lower wisdom tooth extracted between March 2018 and September 2018 at the Kagoshima University Hospital in Japan all by the same surgeon. The forty women were randomly … Read more

Does Difficulty of Wisdom Teeth Surgery Relate to Blood Parameters?

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An interesting article written by Beatriz Sainz de Baranda et al. titled “Relationship Between Surgical Difficulty of Third Molar Extraction Under Local Anesthesia and the Postoperative Evolution of Clinical and Blood Parameters,” appears in the 2019 edition of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The article discusses a study to explore if the surgical difficulty of wisdom teeth removal is related the postoperative course as assessed from clinical and blood parameters. In the article the authors conduct a study using 118 patients who presented at Dr Peset University Hospital in Valencia, Spain, from September 2012 through November 2014, to have lower wisdom teeth extracted. In the study each patient had the surgical difficulty assessed using the Pederson scale which is based on an evaluation of panoramic radiographs. The 118 patients were divided into two groups based on the difficulty … Read more

Is it Safe to Drink Large Amounts of Pineapple Juice after Wisdom Teeth Surgery that People on TikTok are Doing?

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Recently, several young adults have been trying a remedy prior to having their wisdom teeth removed where they drink a large amount of pineapple juice. This has been shared on TikTok by several people. Mackenzie Fuhrman, who is a 21 year old nursing student, shared on her TikTok a video that shows her with a 46 ounce can of pineapple juice. She also says she has a few smaller cans she will add to it to make 64 ounces. She is doing this based on another TikTok video she saw where a woman named Valeria drank 64 ounces of pineapple juice prior to her wisdom teeth surgery (see https://www.tiktok.com/@valeriagreenz/video/6986417135824145670) as a way to prevent swelling after the procedure and provide nearly instant recovery. Mackenzie said that she further researched about pineapple juice and found scientific proof to back the claims. … Read more

Charli D’Amelio Wisdom Teeth Journey

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Just a few weeks ago on this blog, an article was shared titled Brad Pitt, Cara Delevingne, and Russell Wilson Latest Celebrities to have Wisdom Teeth Removed in 2021 that discussed some big name celebrities to have wisdom teeth extracted in 2021. A few days after that article was published, TikTok star Charli D’Amelio had her wisdom teeth extracted. Of course knowing, Charli she had to document the whole procedure of her wisdom teeth surgery and the aftermath for her followers. She posted a nearly 13 minute video on YouTube that already after a few weeks has over 3 million views. In the video, Charli is seen driving to the procedure. When she arrives she shows a panoramic x-ray of her mouth which includes her four wisdom teeth. She points to them and says how a few of them hurt … Read more

Does a Surgeon’s Right or Left Handedness Effect Teeth Adjacent Wisdom Teeth After Removal?

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An interesting articled titled “Effect of the Surgeon’s Dominant Hand on Postoperative Periodontal Status of Adjacent Molars After Removal of Lower Third Molars” by Petsos et al. appears in the 2019 edition of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (vol. 77, pp. 912-919). The authors devised a study to explore if the side of the wisdom tooth, either left or right, had an influence, and the hand the surgeon prefers to use, either left or right, has different effects on the periodontal status of the second molars adjacent the wisdom teeth. In the study the authors selected patients who had lower wisdom teeth on both the left and right sides, had no systematic diseases, and were able to complete a follow-up six months after surgery. All patients were treated by the same right handed surgeon who was always positioned … Read more