A widely circulated image on social media depicted the nerves that run from the human brain, across the face, and into each individual tooth. Ever wonder why the pain from a toothache doesn’t seem to ...

What Is a Root Canal? A root canal is a treatment used to repair and save a tooth that is badly decayed or infected. A tooth's nerve and pulp can become irritated, inflamed, and infected due to deep ...

Until now, the sensory neurons inside the tooth were primarily thought to send pain signals to the brain, but a new study shows those neurons are multitaskers that also trigger a jaw-opening reflex ...

Microscopic spheres could help dentists fill tiny holes in our teeth that make them incredibly sensitive and cause severe pain for millions. Dental hypersensitivity is a condition that arises when the ...

Until now the sensory neurons inside the tooth were primarily thought to send pain signals to the brain, but a new study shows those neurons are multitaskers that also trigger a jaw-opening reflex ...

I thought you would never ask! It seems that the cold weather we in Northern Nevada have been having is a good test of how healthy our teeth are. Normally if we drink something cold or breath in cold ...

Teeth are made up of a combination of hard and soft tissue. You may not think of teeth as living, but healthy teeth are alive. When the nerves in the pulp of the tooth, which is the inner layer, ...

Researchers have successfully implanted a bioengineered tooth implant — that “grows” into the gum and fuses with existing nerves — into the mouths of rats. In a new paper published in the journal ...