Nobody wants to hear those two words from their dentist: “root canal.” The procedure has such a bad reputation that people use it as a metaphor for anything unpleasant and painful. But here’s some ...

A dentist with practices all over the tri-state area has reached a $750,000 settlement in relation to a Medicaid scam involving unnecessary “baby root canals” performed on children, the New York ...

Teeth function not only because of the hard enamel on the surface, but also because they have roots that anchor them firmly ...

A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long ...