The secret to preventing tooth decay may have been hiding in your mouth all along. Increasing levels of an amino acid in ...

Effective management of feline oral health requires a dual approach: rigorous home hygiene and professional veterinary ...

Teeth function not only because of the hard enamel on the surface, but also because they have roots that anchor them firmly ...

Migraine attacks often cause intense pain in one or more parts of the head, including around the scalp, and behind the eyes and cheeks. But they can also cause pain in the ear and jaw. If you’ve been ...

August 22 is National Tooth Fairy Day, and while plenty of Americans surely celebrated the day by employing the fairy (or fairies) and her generous cash giving, the rest of the world has their own ...

All she wants for Christmas is her one front tooth. Chrissy Teigen’s tooth — well, the veneer that covered her shaved-down tooth — fell out in a holiday game “gone wrong.” The former model, 40, took ...

For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption ...

Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

To treat a cavity your dentist will remove the decayed portion of the tooth and then "fill" the area on the tooth where the decayed material was removed. Fillings are also used to repair cracked or ...

A person may experience a painless hole in a tooth, such as a molar, in the early stage of a cavity. Even though there is no pain, this still requires attention from a dentist to prevent further decay ...

Tooth enamel erosion is when the protective enamel on your teeth wears away, causing it to become thinner and weaker than it should be. This makes your teeth more likely to get stained and feel ...