FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Do you enjoy going to the dentist? Some people find going to the dentist to be scary because of the thought of the dental drill. What if the drill misses? A dentist at Amelia ...

A team of U.K. researchers has developed a device that cancels out the noise of a dental handpiece during use, potentially easing people's anxiety about trips to the dentist. The prototype device ...

WASHINGTON – Scientists have now proven what patients in dentists’ chairs have often thought: Drilling teeth is downright prehistoric.Dentists drilled nearly perfect tiny holes in the teeth of live ...

An innovative cavity treatment, designed by scientists at King’s College London and announced this week, may eliminate the need for drilling, injections and even pain. Rather than removing decay and ...

Dental drills are to be made quieter to reduce patients' anxiety. Japanese scientists are studying the aeroacoustics of dental drills so they can pinpoint the anxiety-triggering sounds and design new, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Imagine having a decayed tooth repaired, painlessly, without drilling or shots of anesthesia to numb the area. Wishful thinking? Not if two studies being conducted at the University ...