A woman has filed a lawsuit against a dentist in Kentucky for allegedly pulling the wrong teeth and trying to cover up the mistake by falsifying her dental records, according to a story published on ...

BOSTON (AP) — Need a tooth pulled or a cavity filled? Forget the dentist. A number of states are allowing or considering letting “dental therapists,” professionals with a lower level of training, do ...

Dear Dr. Reitz: I am 35 years old and scared to death of dentists, which is why I have not been to a dentist since I graduated from high school. When I was a child, my parents took me to the dentist, ...

If you’re like most Americans, you probably think getting a tooth filled is about as much fun as undergoing a colonoscopy. But oral health is no less an important part of staying healthy. Untreated ...

A Pasco County dentist arrested on charges of defrauding Florida's Medicaid program is also accused of pulling the healthy teeth of patients so she could sell them dentures. Dr. Miranda Smith, who is ...

Have a toothache in Alpine County? Tough luck. There are no active dentists there, making it the most underserved dental population in California, according to a report released Thursday by the UCLA ...

Remember the tale of the jilted Polish dentist who pulled all the pearly whites from the mouth of her ex-boyfriend? Turns out the story has no teeth. The report that dentist Anna Mackowiak removed all ...

An Ohio woman is suing a university and a prominent surgeon after her husband died following a dental operation.

FLORENCE, Ky. – A father says a Florence dentist discriminated against his daughter because she has ADHD and he filed a complaint, claiming the situation was entirely the dentist's fault. WHAT is ...

Several states are considering bills that would create a new midlevel position in dentistry called dental therapists or advanced dental hygiene practitioners. AP BOSTON — Need a tooth pulled or a ...