The dental procedure is one of the most dreaded. Here are six of its most common causes. By Susan Shapiro Last fall, I was plagued by a mysterious string of toothaches. Several dental appointments and ...

We’ve all felt that sinking feeling when a routine dental check-up suddenly turns into a list of procedures. The thought of a numbing shot, the high-pitched drill, the awkwardness of lying still and ...

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Stay out of the emergency room with these tips. By Jancee Dunn People land in the emergency room for all sorts of reasons: chest pain, a broken arm, dizziness. But Dr. Darnell Gordon, an emergency ...

A girl in the Chinese province of Jiangsu was completely unwilling to have a root canal treatment at the dentist on September 22: the child climbed the doorframe of a treatment room and clung on – the ...