As if going to the dentist weren't bad enough, a recent YouTube hit titled "Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas" shows an amalgam (a.k.a. silver or metal) filling emitting mercury vapor. It's the latest — and ...

TOOTHY GRIN: Robert Garelick, a Long Island dentist, sports a goofy grin on his face as he is led away by cops in Suffolk County yesterday. Victor Alcorn It wasn’t the drill that was buzzing — it was ...

Cavity-prone patients, rejoice: There may soon be less reason to avoid those dentists’ chairs -- researchers have developed a drill-free way to fix and fill teeth. NPR reports on a method that would ...

Australian researchers found a novel way to stop and prevent tooth decay without the dreaded "drill and fill" technique. A seven-year study showed preventive dental care can reduce necessity for ...

Dentistry can save your teeth, but it's rare to see exactly how the process works. A dentist walked Insider through replacing cavities in two different teeth. Cavities are part of life — nine out of ...

A newly invented dental paste (search) could silence the dreaded whine of dentists’ drills, fixing early cavities without fillings. The paste was developed by researchers including Kazue Yamagishi, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIBERTY, Mo. — You no longer need to dread ...

(NBC) - If the thought of a dentist's drill makes your nervous, you aren't alone. Studies show as many as 85 percent of adults have some kind of dental anxiety. But calming your nerves may be as easy ...

It's just past 8 a.m., and Kimberly Baker is reclining in the dental chair at Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland. Baker has three cavities. This morning, she'll ...

New device could take the fear out of the dental drill. Jan. 11, 2011— -- If you cringe at the high-pitched squeal of a dentist's drill, you're not alone. Studies have shown it's that very sound ...

An NHS dentist sent his resignation to Gordon Brown to protest at the Government's 'conveyorbelt' care, claiming his impossible workload has forced him to quit. Michael Nellist told the Prime Minister ...

Tom Jozsi kept the drill bit from his lung as a memento (Picture: Robotic Bronchoscopy By AB. Alraiyes; WALA) A routine visit to the dentist ended up with a man needing hospital treatment when he ...