Centuries before the advent of novocaine electric drills and x-rays, the ancient Maya may have been closing tooth cavities ...

About the tooth fairy’s exploits, curator Katherine Ott says of her mystery game, “As far as I know, no one really knows what happens to the teeth, so it was ripe for solving.” Photos by Leah ...

A new tooth-regrowth drug from Japan cleared an early safety trial and could offer an alternative to implants and dentures.

Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my five-year-old son about the tooth fairy. Whereas Santa Claus has an extremely rich and detailed backstory (North Pole, elves, Mrs. Claus, sleigh, ...

My 7-year-old just lost her upper right central incisor. Well, more accurately, she grabbed a plastic spoon and dug into the socket where the tooth was hanging by a thread and extracted it. I deal ...

There are three central figures in the pantheon of North American children’s mythology: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy. But while the origins of the first two are fairly well ...

Tooth contouring. Tooth reshaping. Tooth filing. Tooth slenderizing. These are a few of the names for a procedure that’s done to slightly reduce the size of a tooth to improve its appearance or the ...

A root canal is a dental procedure that gets rid of damage in your tooth’s roots while preserving your natural tooth. Root canals become necessary when infection or inflammation develops in the soft ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History unveils a YouTube video today that finally answers the age-old question, “What does the tooth fairy do with all of those teeth?” The Tooth Fairy ...