Dental students identified permanent teeth more quickly and accurately using the Universal Numbering System than the Fédération Dentaire Internationale (FDI) numbering system in a new study.

Adults have 32 teeth but after the removal of wisdom teeth, that number falls to 28 if all are extracted. However, people with tooth decay are likely to have even fewer teeth. The Australian Institute ...

Research found people who had lost five or more teeth by the age of 65 were also more likely to suffer from other serious health issues TOOTH loss could predict when you will die, according to new ...

If you hear lots of ones, twos and threes you can relax, but fours or higher could be a sign of bone loss or periodontal disease NO ONE likes the dentist. Fact. You can’t talk, most of the time you ...

Growing numbers of children with tooth decay are being admitted to hospital, damning figures show. More than 26,000 children aged five to nine were taken to hospital in the past year because of rotten ...