Of the many health care procedures you may have to undergo, a tooth extraction is probably among the least desirable. Hollywood script writers sometimes turn to tooth extraction (without an anesthetic ...

Most patients prefer to avoid having a tooth removed, and dentists usually recommend saving the biological tooth if it is possible. However, dental extraction or tooth removal may be the option in ...

Root canal treatment (endodontics) is a dental procedure to remove inflamed or infected pulp on the inside of the tooth, which is then carefully cleaned and disinfected then filled and sealed.

I looked like a blowfish, but not of the Hootie variety. On Wednesday, I went to the dentist to have one of my upper right jaw teeth extracted. The right side of my face eventually swelled up to ...

Sometimes kids trip and fall, and their teeth take the hit. Nearly half of children suffer some injury to a tooth during childhood. When that trauma affects an immature permanent tooth, it can hinder ...

A 26-year-old woman experienced vertigo after having two teeth surgically removed, according to a case report published on August 13 in the British Dental Journal. Only four similar cases have been ...

Oklahoma Health Care Authority is considering a rule requiring SoonerCare patients get pre-authorization for complex ...

CRESSKILL - An Oradell woman who visited her dentist to have a wisdom tooth removed claims the doctor mistakenly pulled a molar instead, according to a malpractice lawsuit filed in Bergen County ...

A dentist who extracted a tooth from a patient while on a hoverboard has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Seth Lookhart, from Anchorage, Alaska, was filmed performing the procedure on a sedated ...