Dental/Maxillofacial Surgery

The dental industry, asked to testify Tuesday about pollution from mercury in tooth fillings, found itself under attack from lawmakers who blame mercury for everything from autism in children to skin discoloration.

A clinical trial testing therapies for advanced tongue and tonsil cancers has found that more than 40 percent of the tumors in men were infected with HPV...

And the reproduced office of the man considered &8220;the father of modern dentistry&8221; is a central feature of the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore.

A Chicago middle school principal died Monday during a root canal procedure, according to a report Tuesday from the Chicago Tribune.

In recent years, studies have revealed that good oral health is just as important to a person's overall health as it is to healthy teeth.

Men should be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted wart virus to protect them against a type of mouth and throat cancer, U.S. researchers said Monday.

Chewing the gum releases pent-up energy. But chew it too vigorously or too often and you could end up with jaw problems

Dental pain can be categorized using different taxonomies. It may arise from a problem in the tooth or its supporting structures, or it may be due to a problem elsewhere...

Engineers building tiny pump to release medicine from molars