Pope Francis is being treated for a “polymicrobial infection.” Doctors say it is caused by multiple pathogens, including ...

Britons are increasingly forced to pull their teeth due to NHS dental shortages, with 13 million people waiting for care and ...

Oil pulling, an ancient Ayurvedic practice, is gaining popularity as a natural way to improve dental hygiene. This method, ...

Demisha Jennings, 32, visited the dentist to get a tooth pulled several years ago in Indiana but on returning home, she found the open wound in her mouth became infected. Some of the symptoms of ...

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“I got a tooth pulled and it still got infected. I became septic; it went to my heart and I had something called endocarditis,” she explains. It landed her on life support for seven days @ ...

Seven years to visit the dentist was simply too long to wait for Linda Colla, who was forced to pull out her own teeth due to the pain. Colla, 75, began experiencing problems with gum disease and ...

Tooth-pulling scene in 1600s. Wellcome Library, London. Some of the earliest examples of tooth decay are the tooth erosion found in ancient Egyptian skulls, believed to have been due to eating ...