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 ...

A dentist has created a simple diagnostic liquid solution that can be applied to the surface of a patient’s teeth prior to a dental X-ray and which will help show dentists whether a tooth has ...

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 ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — You no longer need to dread the drill at the dentist’s office. A metro dentist ditched it for a quieter and less painful option. “I’m kind of a nervous Nellie,” Brooke Dorr said. “When ...

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 ...

Cavities are part of life — nine out of ten adults will have one at some point in their life and a quarter of all adults have an untreated cavity. Getting cavities treated can be scary — but knowing ...

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 ...