Good nutrition is important for your baby or child’s growth and development. If your child's teeth or gums hurt when he's chewing, he might not eat enough food, or he might eat only certain types of food. Not being able or willing to chew food may limit the selection of food. A limited selection of [...]

Roughly 81 percent of women and 66 percent of men between the ages of 18 to 65 years believe a smile is very important to a person's appearance, according to the American Dental Association/Oral B Lifetime of Healthy Oral Care Survey. About 47 percent of women and 27 percent of men said a smile was [...]

CARBONDALE - After 18 years and what would be $3.5 million in medical bills, Mark Beams of Carbondale is grinning. Beams, 41, almost died in a car accident in Maine nearly 18 years ago. He was 23 at the time. Beams' last piece of medical treatment has been getting fillings, crowns and new retainer for [...]

By GINA KOLATA I was chewing a piece of steak on a Saturday night last month when an old filling shattered. Suddenly, along with steak I had chunks of gray amalgam and shards of tooth in my mouth. I felt the hole with my tongue — it seemed as large as a crater. My dentist [...]

The electric toothbrush has become very popular in recent years — some even say it provides superior dental care. But how does it actually compare to manual brushing? “The idea of a toothbrush is to remove plaque and to stimulate the gums,” explains John Ictech-Cassis, DDS, DMD, clinical associate professor at the Boston University Henry [...]