Q: I am 70-years-old and I have some crooked teeth on my lower jaw. This was caused many years ago by a baby tooth that had to be removed due to a cavity when I was a child and impacted molars that ...

Hi there. I am striving towards getting braces in my adult years as I have some crowding and a small overbite. I was instructed by my orthodontist to have 4 teeth extracted. After a week of agony i ...

In an article on an 18th-century tooth-puller, historian Colin Jones claimed that "the list of Great Dates in Dentistry is largely unknown, I wager, outside the serried ranks of the dental profession" ...

There is no shame in needing a second round. Orthodontics is not a one-and-done situation for everyone, and the decision to ...

Tooth extraction refers to the complete removal of one or more teeth from the mouth. This is a procedure that is usually performed by a dental surgeon. Milk teeth may be removed from a child's mouth ...