Caitlin Alsop had been enjoying a “quiet dinner” with friends when her life, very suddenly, turned upside down. In the days prior, the 27-year-old Australian woman had felt “a bit” under the weather – ...

Caitlin Alsop, 23, nearly died from sepsis caused by an impacted wisdom tooth. An Australian woman thought she had the flu — but it turned out to be a life-threatening sepsis infection caused by an ...

Wisdom teeth typically affect young people between the ages of 17 and 25. A wisdom tooth is a third molar in the back of the mouth. Some people have no issues when their third set of molars appears. ‌ ...