A new study challenges the belief that pulling wisdom teeth has a negative effect on taste. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine found that extraction not only can ...

A South Carolina woman was awarded $2 million in damages last week after a jury found that a dental clinic in Florence County had mistakenly removed all of her upper teeth. Following a trial earlier ...

Dentistry in the Middle Ages was a mix of surprising knowledge and brutal practices. While many people had relatively healthy ...

I haven't seen a dentist for about eight years. Until today.<BR><BR>Among my regular teeth, I had no cavities. However, both my upper wisdom teeth have cavities. At first, the dentist referred to them ...

A small percentage of patients request the extraction of healthy teeth, and though dentists report reluctance, many pull the teeth anyway, according to a study published on March 30 in the Journal of ...