No one in their right mind would ever look forward to a filling at the dentist. Why can’t our teeth fix themselves? Maybe they can. At long last, scientists from the University of Nottingham and ...

Most of us have at least one amalgam filling – some have many more – and the fillings are widely used in the UK. But since January their use has been banned in the EU because the metal is ‘highly ...

Regenerative dental fillings that allow teeth to heal themselves have been developed by researchers, potentially eliminating the need for root canals. The treatment, developed by scientists from the ...

The stem cells in our teeth can be energized to fill in chips, cracks, and cavities, researchers say, and the findings could one day make dental cement obsolete. The work has been conducted just in ...

Teeth might someday repair themselves using their own stem cells -- eliminating the need for conventional fillings, researchers report. Although still in the laboratory stage, a new method tested in ...

Dentists have been using dental amalgam to fill cavities for more than 150 years. Now one group is suing the FDA, claiming that people are getting sick and that silver fillings need to be banned. I ...

Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, analyst, product reviewer, and editor. He got his start in consumer tech, breaking Android news at Newsweek before going to PCMag, ...

Channel 2 consumer adviser Clark Howard says new research shows there may be a way to fill cavities by re-growing part of the tooth itself. Fillings are one of the most common and least expensive ...

Learn how dental fillings work, the different types available, and when alternatives like crowns or inlays may be needed.