Root canal treatment is designed to save a natural tooth by removing infected pulp, not to cause pain. An infected tooth, often causing severe tooth pain or sensitivity, can lead to bone loss or ...
Learn how researchers recreated a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dental procedure and uncovered evidence that ancient humans may have understood how cavities caused pain and how to treat them.
We now know that Neanderthals both had the knowledge to identify a tooth infection and the fine motor skills to drill out the damage.
Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise ...
The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist ...
Deep inside a Siberian cave that Neanderthals occupied tens of thousands of years ago, a single molar sat embedded in ...
Each year, dentists in the United States perform more than 15 million root canals on infected teeth, removing the inflamed pulp and filling the emptied canal with inert materials such as rubber and ...
Researchers in New Jersey are developing a first-of-its-kind materials-based therapy that restores lost tooth pulp by triggering the body to regenerate it. The project, funded by a $3 million grant ...
Assessing the vitality of dental pulp is crucial in determining the appropriate treatment approach for dental conditions. Traditionally, clinicians have relied on subjective sensibility tests, such as ...