WASHINGTON — Scientists have now proved what patients in dentists' chairs have often thought: Drilling teeth is downright prehistoric. Dentists drilled nearly perfect tiny holes in the teeth of live ...

With a growing older population, increasing demand for cosmetic surgery, and improved 3D technologies, it's no surprise that a startup is focused on making it simpler, safer, and faster to do dental ...

Watch enough TikTok videos and you're sure to see one extolling a special kind of do-it-yourself dentistry. Not about brushing and flossing, except maybe flossing with strands of your hair. These are ...

You’ve hit the candy and ice cream a little too hard - and now it’s time to face the music at the dentist over those cavities. Nearly 90 percent of American adults, aged 20-64, have had decay in their ...

Delboeuf Illusion. The inner circle appears smaller when surrounded by a large circle than when surrounded by a small circle. Source: Drawing by Berit Brogaard When dentists drill holes in your teeth, ...

At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon’s teeth sold for just over US$31,000. Yet, in a society where 1 out of 5 Americans ages 75 and up live without their teeth, many people may not ...