Photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. 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 ...

About 20 years ago, my dentist was out of the office when I had my regular dental hygiene appointment. His partner said that I had stain on my teeth which couldn't be removed, and which could indicate ...

Oil pulling, which involves swishing oil around in the mouth and spitting it out, is an ancient Ayurvedic practice that's getting a lot of traction on social media. The technique is believed to help ...

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 her ...

A Canadian man is suing the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and three dentists there who he says removed all of his teeth instead of just some of them, according to a story in the Winnipeg Sun. In ...