Woman describes pulling her own teeth after seven-year wait for dentist - In constant pain and with no appointment in sight , ...

“I got a tooth pulled and it still got infected. I became septic; it went to my heart and I had something called endocarditis,” she explains. It landed her on life support for seven days @ ...

But why do we have these teeth anyway, and is it always best to have them out? Wisdom teeth are our third and last set of molars, which are the big chewing teeth right at the back of your mouth.

Anyone who had to pay a visit to the dentist to pull their wisdom teeth out can tell you how much nuisance they cause. They can not only be painful but also cause tooth decay and even tumors.

The seven-year-old boy had suffered severe pain for years. Doctors have pulled out 526 teeth from a seven-year-old boy's mouth in a world-first after he complained that his mouth hurt. The boy ...

Smoking and other tobacco use can cause oral health problems like gum disease and tooth decay. Tooth decay is the destruction of tooth structure and can affect both the enamel and the dentin layer ...