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You may not want to try this at home. A simple wax cap that was applied to a broken tooth 6500 years ago is the oldest dental filling on record. It adds to evidence that Neolithic communities had a ...

The whine of the dentist’s drill may soon be silenced, as scientists claim to have found the secret of a “completely painless” filling by identifying a material that can repair decaying teeth within ...

Tooth cavities are usually closed with plastic fillings. However, the initially soft plastic shrinks as it hardens. The tension can cause gaps to appear between the tooth and the filling, encouraging ...

You really don't want a root canal, and not just because it's potentially painful. Emptying the tooth of the infected tissue at its heart potentially weakens it, since you can't grow that organic ...

An international team of scientists have uncovered the earliest evidence of a technology we take for granted now - fillings for cavities. The archaeologists found evidence for a possible filling in a ...

Countries agreed Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will ...