Nikita Goffney lived with intense pain every time she tried to eat, all because her teeth were severely damaged. As she ...

The truth about how gum disease and tooth decay could lead to problems with your heart - Steven W Kerrigan reports on how ...

The oral hygiene trend of tongue scraping may improve hygiene and reduce bad breath — but overdoing it could harm heart ...

DENVER -- Throbbing pain on the left side of Rockies right-hander German Marquez’s face from an infected tooth didn’t allow him any sleep going into Friday’s start against the Phillies. But the way he ...

Oral infections are more likely to occur in people with chronic kidney disease and are more likely to become a significant problem. Proper dental care also benefits people on dialysis or those ...

In retrospect, McAvoy should have gone even earlier. Doctors diagnosed McAvoy with a staph infection that needed prompt attention. He underwent an irrigation and debridement procedure on Feb. 18.

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Central Hospital Affiliated of Shandong First Medical University (Jinan Central Hospital), Jinan, China This paper reports a case of a maxillary ...

A DAD'S "pink eye" turned out to be a killer infection that left him looking like "Sloth from The Goonies". Jordan Niles woke up with a sore right eye in late March. Believing it to be ...

Adults with bad oral health also suffer more from cardiovascular complications and even Alzheimer’s. At their worst, tooth decay and resulting infections can be deadly. The effects of all this ...

That said, some procedures involved in dental prophylaxis, like scaling, can carry very small risks in rare situations. One example is a periprosthetic joint infection, which may occur if bacteria ...

They removed the pus that had collected in his chin, and prevented the infection ... got the tooth. My partner won't let it in the house - it's in the shed. She thinks it's bad luck".