It’s a good bet that community leaders in Tamaqua are smiling. That’s because in the last few days, they’ve received news that would put a grin on anyone’s face. On Wednesday, a Temple University ...

Early childhood caries (ECC)—the world's most prevalent chronic childhood disease—disproportionately targets specific teeth, ...

Graduates from dental schools leaving with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, along with the lack of clinical experience students are gaining while in schools, are two troubling trends for ...

Regular professional cleanings and checkups can catch gum problems before they lead to tooth loss or other health effects.

“It’s a beautiful gift, and nobody will do it just because,” said Figueroa, a clinical associate professor of diagnostic ...

New fossil research shows that teeth originally evolved as sensory tissue embedded in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...

Undergraduate Elyse Venerable won the Chancellor's Award and Dean's Award for her research using strontium isotope analysis ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can ... There are two schools of thought about how these structures eventually became teeth. One, the "inside-out" hypothesis, says that ...

and oral anatomy—including the structure of teeth and conditions affecting the mouth. The final two years involve hands-on clinical training with real patients and passing licensing exams to practice ...

A sloth at Chester Zoo is believed to be the first of his kind to have pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache.. 25-year-old Rico had the three-hour operation at the Zoo's medical centre to ...