[ Related: Butchered skulls point to Europe’s Ice Age cannibals. ] The study centers on the Zvejnieki cemetery site in northern Latvia. Dating back to about 7500 to 2500 BCE, more than 2,000 animal ...

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 ...

An Ohio man underwent a routine dental surgery to have three teeth extracted. While his wife and son waited in the waiting room, he went into cardiac arrest and later died. Brandy Miller, the widow of ...

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A man has been charged with running an “elaborate illegal dental operation” in the back of a convenience store, putting patients in danger with unsanitary conditions, Massachusetts police say. Law ...

Dear Doctors: I’m getting a lot of advice during my pregnancy. Some of it is useful, but there have been a few old wives’ tales mixed in. A friend says you’re supposed to save your children’s baby ...

A 9-year-old elementary school student in Southern California had four teeth extracted during a school-based dental program, reportedly without the consent of his mother, according to a story by ...

An artificial saliva in the form of a mouthwash, produced with the CANECPI-5 protein extracted from sugarcane and modified in ...