Neanderthals may have practiced a surprisingly advanced form of dental care tens of thousands of years earlier than previously known. A drilled molar from Siberia suggests they could recognize painful ...

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The ME’s office said it reviewed records from CoreCivic, the private prison company that manages the detention facility in ...

We now know that Neanderthals both had the knowledge to identify a tooth infection and the fine motor skills to drill out the ...

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist ...

The tooth of an extinct baby mammoth is considered a rare find in Mississippi and it will be at a museum in June.

Fewer than half of Americans (46%) know that a knocked-out tooth can often be saved with prompt care, according to a new national survey of 2,000 adults, even as most say they would prefer to keep ...

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner published its findings online, but said it has not yet released a preliminary report into the March death of Emmanuel Damas, 56.

Wisdom teeth often become problematic because of limited space in the mouth, leading to crowding, pain, infection, or damage ...

Researchers unearthed a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that shows signs of dental surgery, a discovery that pushes back ...

Emmanuel Damas died in Arizona ICE custody after complaining for weeks about a toothache, a new report reveals ...