Many people are now having their dental amalgam, or silver, fillings removed over concerns about the mercury used in them — but should you?

As if going to the dentist weren't bad enough, a recent YouTube hit titled "Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas" shows an amalgam (a.k.a. silver or metal) filling emitting mercury vapor. It's the latest — and ...

Kylie Jones, 4, was having a first cavity filled and her mom was a little nervous. “In our family, none of us had ever had a filling,” said Lisa. “I didn’t know what to expect.” But all Kylie had to ...

A newly invented dental paste (search) could silence the dreaded whine of dentists’ drills, fixing early cavities without fillings. The paste was developed by researchers including Kazue Yamagishi, ...

(NBC) - If the thought of a dentist's drill makes your nervous, you aren't alone. Studies show as many as 85 percent of adults have some kind of dental anxiety. But calming your nerves may be as easy ...

TOOTHY GRIN: Robert Garelick, a Long Island dentist, sports a goofy grin on his face as he is led away by cops in Suffolk County yesterday. Victor Alcorn It wasn’t the drill that was buzzing — it was ...

Australian researchers found a novel way to stop and prevent tooth decay without the dreaded "drill and fill" technique. A seven-year study showed preventive dental care can reduce necessity for ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIBERTY, Mo. — You no longer need to dread ...

New device could take the fear out of the dental drill. Jan. 11, 2011— -- If you cringe at the high-pitched squeal of a dentist's drill, you're not alone. Studies have shown it's that very sound ...

A dentist has created a simple diagnostic liquid solution that can be applied to the surface of a patient’s teeth prior to a dental X-ray and which will help show dentists whether a tooth has ...

Tom Jozsi kept the drill bit from his lung as a memento (Picture: Robotic Bronchoscopy By AB. Alraiyes; WALA) A routine visit to the dentist ended up with a man needing hospital treatment when he ...