If you don't treat a cavity, the decay will penetrate your tooth until it has reached the root. Here's how a cavity develops ...

A novel therapy holds real promise in changing the way dentists treat your cavities—they'd get the cavities to fill themselves. As the Guardian reports, researchers at King's College London found that ...

It’s the diagnosis no one ever wants to hear: a cavity. (Not to be dramatic or anything.) Sure, it's not exactly deadly, but cavity treatment is potentially pricey, and sitting in the dentist’s chair ...

DENVER — Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist’s office. But until recently, if she found a cavity, there was little she ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- How do you like going to the dentist to have cavities filled and drilled? Not so much? Imagine being a young child with cavities -- even worse! As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez ...

Getting a cavity filled is no fun. There can be pain, shots, numbing, and the harrowing sound of the drill. But a kinder, gentler way to care for kids with cavities is being tested. And the only tool ...

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Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist’s office. But until recently, if she found a cavity, there was little she could do. “I ...