What's the worst dental procedure? It may not be root canals. The treatment faired about the same as extractions and prosthodontic services in a recent study examining oral health-related quality of ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)-- Some dental experts are raising concerns patients are being encouraged to pull healthy teeth and replace them with dental implants, sometimes to boost profits. Recent ...

When a tooth is infected or giving you pain, having it pulled may seem like the easiest option, but dental specialists called ...

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her ...

In Pennsylvania, some people who need a root canal have to settle for a pulled tooth — a choice a state lawmaker calls “horrifying.” It’s not for lack of dental coverage. It’s because the person is ...

Experts recommend getting a dental checkup twice a year. Julia Burmistrova/Moment via Getty Images That’s why dental therapists – professionals who don’t have a full dentistry degree but are trained ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked.

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, ...