Radiography, CT, and 3D modeling helped clinicians remove burs that had broken off from high-speed handpieces during third-molar extractions and migrated to the mandibular body of one patient and the ...

You're crunching ice or a piece of hard candy when you notice something hard in your mouth that doesn't melt or dissolve. You get a sick feeling as you realize what it is -- a piece of broken tooth.

Every tooth has a hard, outer layer called enamel. Enamel is the hardest material in the whole body. It protects the tooth’s blood vessels and nerve tissues. Cavities are the leading cause of ...

Colorado Mission of Mercy, an annual clinic that provides free dental care in Colorado, held it’s clinic in Loveland this ...

These pictures show dentists working on a lion - removing a massive infected canine while the 140kg big cat was sedated.

Poppy is a 3-year-old golden retriever living a happy and carefree life according to caretakers Rod and Carla. She spends her days in a large back yard and especially enjoys her swimming pool. Another ...

The three-year-old female named Lira had the 8cm tooth removed at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarsden, Kent, while she was ...

After proving its utility in specialty markets including the U.S. Military, Broken Bolt now plans to market its bolt extraction kits to truck fleets and others across the country. It is said to ...

A three-year-old lioness rescued from war-torn Ukraine has undergone critical dental surgery to remove a severely infected ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Tooth pain may be caused by conditions like a sinus or mouth infection, or dental issues like a cavity or broken filling.

A New York jury has awarded $9.8 million in a malpractice lawsuit filed in March of this year by a man who was hospitalized following a third-molar extraction that went badly. The patient's dentist ...