Woman had wisdom tooth removed—days later comes terrifying diagnosis

"I remember feeling as though I was declining by the minute,” Sara Dick, 31, told Newsweek following the routine procedure.

Teen is ‘first and only’ patient to have a tooth growing in bizarre place — doctors ‘were very surprised’

In what was likely a first-of-its-kind case, a teenage boy presented an ectopic tooth growing in a highly unusual place.

First case of teeth growing out of an eye socket – what you need to know about ‘ectopic teeth’

Teeth can turn up in the nose, the sinuses and even the eye socket. Here’s how they end up there, and what happens when they ...
Dentistry

Ectopic tooth found in upper eye socket thought to be world first

Doctors removed a mature canine tooth from the eye socket of a 16-year-old boy in an ectopic tooth case thought to be the ...

Teeth reveal hidden signs of a rare bone disorder

In hypophosphatasia, a rare inherited condition that weakens bones and teeth, early tooth loss can be the first or even the ...

I told them my tooth feels loose, but they only did a cleaning? What patients want to confirm

I feel like my front tooth is loose.If you visit a dental clinic after saying that, only to have it end with just a cleaning, ...
Medical News Today

What to do about a painless hole in a tooth

A person may experience a painless hole in a tooth, such as a molar, in the early stage of a cavity. Even though there is no pain, this still requires attention from a dentist to prevent further decay ...