Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between hidden tooth infections and blood sugar problems. Deep infections around ...

Imaging helped guide the dental treatment of a woman with two molars that had at least six abnormal root canals due to taurodontism, a tooth development disorder. The case report was published on ...

Hearing that you need a root canal often triggers instant dental anxiety, but for many patients, a quick internet search ...

Imaging aided in managing a man’s atypical root canal anatomy in which the distobuccal canal of his maxillary second molar was close to the palatal root canal with partially fused roots. The case ...

Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment ...

May is “Save Your Tooth Month.” Most adults say they would do almost anything to save a natural tooth. A new national survey ...

A tooth discovered in a Siberian cave shows our extinct cousins used stone tools to conduct dental treatment.

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist ...

Tooth pain is one of the most common health issues people try to ignore, but experts say delaying care can have serious consequences. An endodontist is a dentist with 2 to 3 additional years of ...

Each year, dentists in the United States perform more than 15 million root canals on infected teeth, removing the inflamed pulp and filling the emptied canal with inert materials such as rubber and ...

Nobody wants to hear those two words from their dentist: “root canal.” The procedure has such a bad reputation that people use it as a metaphor for anything unpleasant and painful. But here’s some ...