Barbara Scott's dental phobia dates back to her early childhood days. She's never responded well to medications used to numb the mouth before a dental procedure, so she'd endure drilling and filling ...

Maggie Szarek is afraid of going to the dentist. She's had the fear for as long as she can remember, and it's never gotten easier for her to make teeth-cleaning appointments. She's not the only one ...

I recently had my 4-year-old at the dentist, and he has one small cavity. They recommended putting him under full anesthesia (sedative to put him to sleep and then IV to put him completely under) to ...

As you might expect of most any six-year-old, Caleb Sears was afraid on the March, 2015 day his mom and dad took him to the dentist. “I was scared too,” said his mother, Eliza. “Any time you you send ...

A new tool uses LED lights to numb dental patients without using needles, according to clinical study being conducted by researchers at Griffiths University in Australia. This could be a game changer ...