WHEN Greg Hutton went to his dentist to have a tooth removed, he never imagined that it could nearly end his life – not once, ...

A man has such a strong phobia of dentists he’s allowed several of his teeth to ‘crumble away’. Lajos Csendes, a Hungarian ...

Wes Streeting warned without urgent reforms, dentistry will operate in 'Dickensian' state, with thousands facing needless ...

Dr. Celine Gounder explains how poor dental care can potentially increasing your risk of developing other health conditions.

Penn's Dental School and School of Engineering and Applied Science have worked together to create a new treatment option for apical periodontitis, a chronic dental infection that causes tooth loss and ...

Scientists have developed a cutting-edge way to fight stubborn UTIs by using nanogels to deliver antibiotics directly to ...

Apical periodontitis, a chronic and hard-to-treat dental infection, affects more than half of the population worldwide and is the leading cause of tooth loss. Root canal is the standard treatment ...

“A tooth infection is an accumulation of inflammatory cells at the base of a tooth or along its side,” explains Dr. Ross. Commonly referred to as a tooth abscess, this condition can occur due ...

For one woman, a cracked tooth led to a deadly infection of one of her heart valves. Heidi Worfler, remembered feeling very lethargic and even became anemic before doctor’s discovered the root ...

More than one in three parents say their child has struggled with cavities, stained teeth, gum problems or tooth pain in the ...