Scientists are discovering more and more associations between poor oral health and everything from heart disease to dementia. But can flossing and brushing properly guarantee a longer life?

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With age, teeth get increasingly brittle and susceptible to damage from tooth decay, which can eventually lead to tooth loss.

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Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between hidden tooth infections and blood sugar problems. Deep infections around tooth roots can create chronic inflammation that spreads through the body ...

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If you think dental surgery is painful today, just imagine getting a Neanderthal root canal. New research on an ancient tooth discovered in a Siberian cave indicates that Neanderthals, humans’ extinct ...

Some 59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal developed a toothache. What happened next was, in many ways, astonishing. This individual figured out the source of their pain, deep inside a molar. They probably ...

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen. By Franz Lidz Franz Lidz has had two root canals and was ...

No one likes having their teeth drilled at the dentist. But hey, it could be worse. You could be a Neanderthal performing surgery on your own rotting molar with nothing but a shard of rock. That’s the ...

Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, alongside fossils ...