Dental students identified permanent teeth more quickly and accurately using the Universal Numbering System than the Fédération Dentaire Internationale (FDI) numbering system in a new study.

NO ONE likes the dentist. Fact. You can’t talk, most of the time you are dribbling like a fool, and if it’s a particularly long procedure the jaw ache can be agonising. There are two reasons doctors ...

Adults have 32 teeth but after the removal of wisdom teeth, that number falls to 28 if all are extracted. However, people with tooth decay are likely to have even fewer teeth. The Australian Institute ...