Brush your teeth before breakfast to remove bacteria that accumulate overnight and protect your enamel with fluoride. If you brush after breakfast, wait at least 30 minutes to avoid damaging softened ...

Getting your wisdom teeth pulled has always felt like a quickly forgettable rite of passage. That framing is starting to look ...

A new dental robot is being developed that could reduce the number of visits needed to receive a dental crown.

Research reveals that having cavities and gum disease dramatically increases your risk of potentially fatal health events.

Sugar-loving mouth bacteria create acids that damage teeth, but arginine can help fight back. In a clinical trial, arginine-treated dental plaque stayed less acidic, became structurally less harmful, ...

Sensodyne has launched Pronamel Kids toothpaste in India, marking its entry into the children's oral care segment. Available in Strawberry and Bubble Mint variants for children aged 2 and above, the ...

Zubova et al. Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, ...

The world’s first dentist was a Neanderthal, according to a recent study. 59,000 years ago in what’s now southwestern Siberia, a Neanderthal had a toothache. It must have been a doozy because they ...

A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth found in a Siberian cave shows signs of deliberate drilling to treat a deep cavity, pushing back the earliest evidence of dentistry by about 45,000 years. The lower ...

An unusual tooth found in a cave offers a rare glimpse into a surprising procedure prehistoric humans might have performed to fix a cavity 59,000 years ago. Researchers uncovered the lower molar of an ...

How to weigh your dental options. By Erik Vance Getting a filling at the dentist can be painful, expensive and generally miserable. A crown or a root canal is even worse. Still, you do it because your ...