Having a tooth pulled out can feel like an instant fix. The pain goes, the infection clears, and life moves on. But what many people do not realise is that tooth extraction can have lasting ...

Dental health has been selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the ten criteria that should be met to maintain human health 1. Number of teeth present is an indicator of a person’s ...

The extraction of fully impacted mandibular teeth often involves risk of damage to adjacent anatomical structures, and patients often experience anxiety. Traditional pre-operative imaging modalities ...

What factors should dentists consider before extracting a badly decayed first permanent molar in a child, and what are the consequences of removing or restoring it? Since there's no clear consensus ...

It affects a significant number of children and can leave their adult teeth permanently weakened and discoloured. Sorapop ...