An untreated problem at the tip of a tooth root may do more than hurt when you chew, and the fix may show up in your blood work.

Tooth loss from preventable disease remains common in New Zealand. According to the Ministry of Health's New Zealand Health Survey, 8.5% of men and 6.5% of women with natural teeth had at least one ...

A woman is sending a PSA about dental care after an infected tooth landed her on life support for a week. In a TikTok with over 691,000 views, content creator @thefinemethod shares her scary ...

When you think of an infection, your first thoughts might be a respiratory infection, or perhaps one that develops on your skin from an open wound. Almost every area of the body can be vulnerable to ...

ST. LOUIS — Dental hygiene may not be the first thing many think about when they consider what can impact their heart health. For one woman, a cracked tooth led to a deadly infection of one of her ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising reason dental implant infections often resist antibiotics: the implants themselves ...

A Japanese cohort study found that one-third of adults with viridans group streptococcal bacteremia developed complicated ...

Initial laboratory investigations revealed leucocytosis, elevated procalcitonin, and elevated D-dimer levels, without evidence of pulmonary embolism. The differential diagnosis included meningitis, ...

A 9-year-old patient's infected immature molar showed complete healing, root maturation, and apical closure after a ...