WHEN Mary visited a dentist after suffering from severe toothache, she was told to choose between a root canal and tooth extraction. She chose to extract the tooth because it was cheaper. WHEN Mary ...

Children and young people living in the most deprived areas of England are nearly three-and-a-half times more likely than their more affluent peers to have teeth removed in hospital due to severe ...

A Leeds man was spared the frontline of one of the First World War's most famous battles '“ because of a decayed tooth. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access ...

Tooth decay is worse today than it was in the 17th Century, research suggests. Scientists from Queen Mary University in London analysed the skulls of more than 200 adults, most of whom died 300 years ...

If good things come in small packages, imagine what smaller ones can do. Professor S Balakumar and researcher D Durgalakshmi at National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras ...

Tooth decay can appear differently depending on the stage of severity. You may experience more symptoms, including pain and swollen lymph nodes, at later stages. Tooth decay is damage that occurs to ...

Obese and underweight people have significantly more decayed teeth than the rest of the population, according to a first-of-its kind Israeli study. Among a huge sample, those who were of normal weight ...