If you hear lots of ones, twos and threes you can relax, but fours or higher could be a sign of bone loss or periodontal disease NO ONE likes the dentist. Fact. You can't talk, most of the time you ...

A 74-year-old postmenopausal black woman, a patient for 30 years, with a poorly fitting lower partial denture, presented with complaints of severe wear of her remaining lower teeth (Figure 1). Her ...

The number of children aged four and under being hospitalised for tooth extractions has risen by almost a quarter in the last decade, new figures have revealed. There were 9,206 extractions among this ...

Those who have a full set of teeth when they are 74-years-old are more likely to reach 100, scientists say. The number of teeth we lose can be a key indicator as to how well we are looking after ...

Thousands of Britons are having teeth needlessly pulled out, it was claimed yesterday. The number of extractions has soared by 30 per cent in four years, according to figures obtained by the Liberal ...

The most common disease among children is tooth decay. And federal health officials say they’ve noticed a small, but significant increase of tooth decay among preschoolers. Dentists say it’s not ...

The state of children's teeth in Scotland has improved further, with nearly three quarters of P1 pupils showing no obvious signs of decay. But an annual survey found, external poor dental health was ...

Sir, I would like to share with your readers a suggestion for numerically recording the status of tooth surfaces in addition to a visual dental chart. The system involves numbering the labial/buccal ...

NO ONE likes the dentist. Fact. You can't talk, most of the time you are dribbling like a fool, and if it's a particularly long procedure the jaw ache can be agonising. There are two reasons doctors ...