Informative Dental Blogs

Oral and maxillofacial surgery comprises one of dentistry’s nine specialty areas. (maxillofacial looks like an intimidating word, but it has only two parts: maxilla “lower jaw” and facial “pertaining to the face.”)

No two bodies grow exactly the same way. The ways in which we’re unique even extends to our teeth, and wisdom teeth are no exception. They can come in sideways, get trapped in the jaw or come in straight like any other tooth would. When you need a wisdom tooth extraction, how your tooth is positioned will determine what type of procedure you need.