The answer to curing a toothache is not at your local drugstore — you'll always want to check in with your dentist to get to the bottom of the issue. But, if you're dealing with nagging pain while you ...

This article was reviewed by Kelly Brown MD, MBA. If you have PE, you may have heard that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and topical creams and sprays with lidocaine can help you ...

You know the drill. When dentists numb up your mouth for a filling or a cleaning or an extraction, that dead feeling can last three to five hours, leaving you with a strange sensation that affects ...

More and more new technology is being used in the dentist’s office. The procedures can make it easier on the patient and the dentist. And now, there’s a way to get a cavity filled without needles and ...

Danny Daly of West Hartford recently had a long stay in the dentist’s chair. "I had to have four teeth filled. Two on top, two on bottom,” said Daly. It’s no fun, especially after you leave with that ...

Dr Reuben Sim says one of his patients' aversions to dentistry kept them from the chair for years. One problem was that by the time Sim saw her, some of her teeth were rotten or missing. The other ...

As my dentist loomed above me with a gigantic syringe full of anesthetic, it didn’t seem like the right time to ask what precisely he was injecting into my gums. But that last trip to the dentist for ...