Archive for October 2016

Any impact, dealt at the right angle and with the right degree of bad luck, can chip teeth or damage fillings – even whole teeth. Although the enamel that covers your teeth is the hardest, most mineralized tissue in the body, its strength has limits – particularly if a tooth already has some decay or…

Why is ‘wisdom’ associated with this tooth removal process? It is generally thought among linguists that they are called wisdom teeth because they appear at an age when a person matures and is “wiser”. Tooth development, from a baby’s primary teeth to permanent teeth, takes place in an organized fashion, over a course of years,…