Fewer than half of Americans (46%) know that a knocked-out tooth can often be saved with prompt care, according to a new national survey of 2,000 adults, even as most say they would prefer to keep ...

A toothache that lingers for weeks might seem like a dental problem and nothing more. But a growing body of research, ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between hidden tooth infections and blood sugar problems. Deep infections around ...

According to a Harvard trained dentist who has run dental practices across Southern California for years, most patients have no plan for what to do when a dental emergency hits. The default move, he ...

A medical examiner says an infected tooth led to the death of Emmanuel Damas while he was held in ICE custody in Arizona.

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry ...

Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

A 60,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth left behind in a cave in modern-day Russia contains a deep hole that cannot be explained ...

59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

Also, since I have a history of dental problems, how can I get off Prolia in the future and still protect my bones? -- L.L. ANSWER: Denosumab (Prolia) is a treatment for osteoporosis that is normally ...

People in Coventry experiencing sudden dental pain or unexpected oral health problems may now seek prompt advice following confirmation that Light Lane Dental Practice is continuing to offer urgent ...