Experts offer some advice on why these "third molars" should be removed, what happens during surgery and recovery, and the best foods to eat after your wisdom teeth have been extracted.

Teeth can be filled with gold; porcelain; silver amalgam (which consists of mercury mixed with silver, tin, zinc, and copper); or tooth-colored, plastic, and materials called composite resin fillings.

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, endodontist Derek T. Peek said he treated twice as many broken teeth this August compared with last year, even though he's treated fewer patients. Endodontists are dentists ...