wisdom teeth extraction

Patient Recall During Informed Consent for Wisdom Teeth Surgery

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An interesting article titled “Patient Recall of Information on a Third Molar Informed Consent Video,” written by Olsen et al. appears in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2017 (vol. 75, pp. 2507-2511). The article sought to explore how much of an informed consent video for wisdom teeth surgery patients remember. The authors were motivated to conduct the study due to how recent court cases and lawsuits have played out. Patients will often deny that certain information was provided to them in an attempt to show malpractice by the surgeon. In most informed consent processes for patients having wisdom teeth removal they view an informed consent video, have a discussion with the surgeon about information provided, and then acknowledge having done so by signing a printed document that discusses the risks and benefits of surgery. Since some of … Read more

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