You may have heard that you should avoid chewing in the area of a dental filling for at least 24 hours after having a cavity repaired. However, after filling a cavity, your dentist will have specific ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: Should I be worried that, a month after a filling, I have sensitivity in the jaw - shooting into my collarbone - and a headache? The dentist checked ...

When a dentist drills out the decayed section of a tooth that has a cavity, it’s important that they also remove the bacteria that caused the decay in the first place – or at least, that they remove ...

Q. Should I be worried that, a month after a filling, I have sensitivity in the jaw - shooting into my collarbone - and a headache? The dentist checked and said there was nothing wrong with the ...

Dental fillings are artificial substances that are used to fill in the holes or gaps in the enamel of decayed, broken or damaged teeth. Dental fillings are needed to restore the shape and stability of ...

(LiveScience) An ancient cracked tooth repaired with a filling made of beeswax may be the earliest known example of therapeutic dentistry, researchers say. The tooth is 65 centuries old and was part ...

Dentistry has taken the same approach to tooth decay — filling cavities — for decades, but new techniques for rebuilding teeth from the inside out could transform the profession over the next decade.

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: Should I be worried that, a month after a filling, I have sensitivity in the jaw - shooting into my collarbone - and a headache? The dentist checked ...