More than a quarter of Britons unable to secure NHS dental appointments in the past two years have resorted to self-treatment, a new poll reveals, highlighting a deepening crisis in NHS dentistry.

Imagine having such a terrible toothache and no access to a dentist that you take a pair of pliers and pull your own tooth. Meet Chester Moody. It’s 1958 in the Jim Crow South: Lorman, Mississippi, to ...

An Australian grandmother who got tired of waiting for her local dental clinic to see her about a bad tooth has taken matters into her own hands, according to a story in a Perth newspaper. Una Fogarty ...

Dental instrument and product manufacturer Hu-Friedy said it has introduced new orthodontic step pliers. The pliers will allow clinicians to create z-bends in arch wire, according to the company. The ...