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Many of my readers have found benefit from the Facial Pain Association at FacePain.org. They can also help you find experts ...
Medieval dentistry was not for the faint of heart. In this video, we explore how people in the Middle Ages dealt with toothaches, extractions, and oral hygiene long before modern medicine. From barber ...
Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy ...
For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...
A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone ...
"Natural teeth connect to the jawbone through soft tissue rich in nerves, which help sense pressure and texture and guide how ...
That tingling in your hands isn't normal. Our expert guide explains the real causes of carpal tunnel syndrome and walks you ...
What happens to your teeth when you don't brush before bed and this nightly habit you're skipping is causing serious damage ...
Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...
Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...