As if going to the dentist weren't bad enough, a recent YouTube hit titled "Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas" shows an amalgam (a.k.a. silver or metal) filling emitting mercury vapor. It's the latest — and ...

When teeth develop cavities or become damaged through trauma, the soft pulp in the tooth can be exposed. The damaged tooth is then protected by dentin, a hard substance created naturally by the body ...

Australian researchers found a novel way to stop and prevent tooth decay without the dreaded "drill and fill" technique. A seven-year study showed preventive dental care can reduce necessity for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIBERTY, Mo. — You no longer need to dread ...

A newly invented dental paste (search) could silence the dreaded whine of dentists’ drills, fixing early cavities without fillings. The paste was developed by researchers including Kazue Yamagishi, ...

MADISON, Wis. - Anna Delendik hasn't had an easy time when it comes to taking her autistic 10-year-old Dema to the dentist. "He's on the spectrum, he has sensory needs, and doctors and dentists are ...

TOOTHY GRIN: Robert Garelick, a Long Island dentist, sports a goofy grin on his face as he is led away by cops in Suffolk County yesterday. Victor Alcorn It wasn’t the drill that was buzzing — it was ...

It's just past 8 a.m., and Kimberly Baker is reclining in the dental chair at Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland. Baker has three cavities. This morning, she'll ...

Dentistry can save your teeth, but it's rare to see exactly how the process works. A dentist walked Insider through replacing cavities in two different teeth. Cavities are part of life — nine out of ...