The removal of mild to moderately impacted wisdom teeth can be consistently and reliably performed in the 'high street' practice situation. Complication rates can be within those standards currently ...

Lingual nerve damage is a common complication during oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures in the third molar region. The anatomy of the lingual nerve is variable; therefore precise anatomical ...

A woman who experienced tongue pain and taste changes for 18 months felt relief when a rare tumor linked to her lingual nerve was removed. Her symptoms stumped a dentist and were later misdiagnosed as ...

A novel study on the natural coordination of tooth development in time and space, led by Dr. Han-Sung Jung at the Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Korea, has discovered that "lingual" cells on ...

France — On April 26, the French Academy of Medicine published an official statement calling for "more cautiousness for lingual frenotomy in newborns and infants." In January, several academic ...

THE diagnosis and management of a lump in the neck of a young patient can be a difficult problem. Inadvertent excision of functioning ectopic thyroid tissue in the tongue or subhyoid area when the ...

Transient lingual papillitis (TLP), or "lie bumps," is a common inflammatory condition that affects the fungiform papillae— the tiny bumps on your tongue's surface that contain taste buds. When they ...