PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26 (UPI) --For people who are pain- or needle-phobic, dental work is often avoided because the primary method for numbing the mouth involves a shot, but a new inhalable anesthetic ...

(Reuters Health) - Invasive dental procedures may raise the risk of rare but serious infections in people who have prosthetic heart valves, a recent French study suggests. Some previous research has ...

Dentistry can be expensive, especially when you need to have major work done. Yet only about 50 percent of Americans have private dental insurance to defray the cost, according to a September 2013 ...

Dental bonding is a treatment that involves sticking a tooth-colored material to your teeth. Your dentist can quickly etch (roughen) your teeth with a little phosphoric acid. This helps the bonding ...

You're retired—congratulations! There's just one thing: Medicare, which you're eligible for at age 65, doesn't cover routine dental work. "I think that's shocking for many seniors," says Shelley ...