Until my mid-40s, my approach to gum health was, at best, sporadic. I had always suspected that flossing was one of those ...

From swollen gums to excruciating pain, an abscess that serves as a bacterial infection that causes fine little pockets of ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Caries, periodontitis and tooth loss cost billions of dollars worldwide every year. This is the result of a recent study at ...

Periodontal (gum) disease and diabetes are locked in a grim partnership aimed at undermining your health, experts warn.

The cost of dental work without insurance depends on the services you need. It can range from around $100 for a simple cleaning to a few hundred dollars for a tooth filling to thousands of dollars for ...

If you don’t floss your teeth, food debris, plaque, and bacteria have ample opportunity to wreak havoc on your oral health ...

The latest numbers collected from April to June show that about 25.3 million Americans don't have health insurance — numbers consistent with the 2023 all-time low uninsured rate. Nearly 40% of people ...