Dentists, hygienists and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency department for decay.

The University of Chicago Medicine launched a new mobile dental clinic that brings no-cost oral healthcare directly to community members.

Nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide suffer from oral diseases, yet most dental problems are entirely preventable with proper ...

The most intimate relationships I’ve had in my life have been with dentists. And I’ve had more of them than I’ve had teeth, from Western New York to Colorado. Unfortunately, they have been one-sided ...

More than three dozen states cover dental services for people on Medicaid, but with about $900 billion in cuts expected to hit states over the next decade, many programs could roll back dental ...

Do you like going to the dentist? Many adults don’t, often due to uncomfortable memories from their childhood experiences in the dentist’s chair. So when it’s time to take their own children to a ...

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Eduardo B. Sandoval is a Friend of The Conversation. Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform ...

Settling into a cushy reclining chair and closing your eyes while soft music plays is appealing, except perhaps at the dentist's office. According to a recent report in the Journal of the American ...

If you live in the Santa Clarita Valley, you have probably heard someone mention traveling to Mexico for dental work. Sometimes it sounds like a quick day trip. Other times […] ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at the dentist last week and the hygienist, whom I had never met before, mentioned she had a new grandchild. I naturally congratulated her and asked the polite questions: sex, ...

Regular Medicaid home visits before extreme heat events did not significantly affect emergency department (ED) visits among individuals aged 65 years or older, but they may have facilitated timely ...