Now this was a tough decision to swallow. A Staten Island man who got a tooth-drill bit embedded in his lung after he accidentally inhaled it during a dental procedure won a $430,000 civil judgment — ...

A dentist's drill might not be the best way to tackle tooth decay in children's teeth, a new study has concluded. Findings from a major dental trial suggest that preventing tooth decay from occurring ...

Lasers that can cut gum, tooth and bone are ending the despotic rule of the turbine dental drill. Allen Helfer is no sadist, but he does perform root canals on his dental patients without using ...

A trip to the dentist isn’t something people usually look forward to. “Because of all the drilling and injections, it’s not fun,” acknowledged Suchitra Nelson, an associate dean and professor at the ...

A new study shows that bacteria-killing jets of plasma could soon replace the drills used to treat cavities in our teeth, making visits to the dentist's office a bit less nerve-racking. Plasma is the ...

Nicola Innes received funding from the Chief Scientist's Office in Scotland and 3M/ ESPE which supported work on the Hall Technique and currently received funding from the National Institute for ...

Peak Family Dental Care is taking some of the fear and pain out of going to the dentist. The facility recently purchased a new Solea laser drill from Convergent Dental that makes filling cavities and ...

A filling is one of the most common procedures carried out by dentists. But just the thought of anesthetic injections followed by the sound of the drill is enough to send shivers down the spine of ...