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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...occurs most often with the four so-called wisdom teeth, or third molars, which generally erupt around the end of adolescence. And the catalogue of troubles that have been traced to impacted wisdom teeth is virtually endless. At one time or another, New York University's Dr. Irving Salman told the Greater New York Dental Meeting last week, they have been accused of causing everything from facial deformity to infections, from cysts to neuralgia, nervous disorders, muscular twitching, melancholia, arthritis, impairment of vision-and even schizophrenia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dentistry: Wisdom of the Third Molar | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

...case, said Oral-Surgeon Salman, third molars are so often troublesome* that some dental authorities believe they should be removed routinely as a preventive measure. One school even proposes extraction before the teeth are fully formed, on the ground that a growing third molar may press against a second molar's roots hard enough to cause damage. Dr. Salman prefers to leave wisdom teeth in place until the facial bones are fully grown, usually between the ages of 16 and 18. Lower third molars, he said, even though they seem to be pushing through at an angle, have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dentistry: Wisdom of the Third Molar | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

...growing third molar is shown by X rays to be damaging a second tooth, Dr. Salman's prescription is extraction. When teeth are impacted only in bone, Dr. Salman suggests, they can be left in place, provided X rays are taken twice a year to check on their behavior. One reason for Dr. Salman's conservatism regarding bony impactions is that removal of deeply embedded teeth sometimes has a distressing sequel: the patient's jaw feels numb for days, weeks or months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dentistry: Wisdom of the Third Molar | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

...help them achieve their normal position. Only if that is impossible should canines be extracted. Even when an impacted tooth is clearly infected, there is still disagreement as to when it ought to come out. Should the dentist wait for the infection to be healed by antibiotics? Dr. Salman's conclusion: Every case must be decided individually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dentistry: Wisdom of the Third Molar | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

...allies. Said Nikita: "The countries that have bases on their territories should note most carefully the following: if they allow others to fly from their bases to our territory, we shall hit at those bases." To drive his point home, Khrushchev summoned to his side Pakistani Ambassador to Moscow Salman Ali and warned him that Soviet defense forces "have drawn a ring around Peshawar "-where the U2's pilot Francis Powers allegedly began his flight-and were prepared, if necessary, to take "retaliatory measures" against the Pakistani base. When Ambassador Oscar Gundersen of Norway, where Powers had planned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Confrontation in Paris | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

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