Losing a tooth as an adult catches most people off guard. It might happen after an accident, a sports injury, a cracked filling that finally gave out, or years of gum disease that quietly loosened the roots. Whatever the cause, the result is the same: a gap where a...

Getting everyone in the family to the dentist without a fuss can feel like herding cats. One kid is scared of the chair, another parent has been putting off a checkup for a year, and grandma still remembers dentistry the way it used to be decades ago. Dental anxiety...

Ask ten people whether storms are getting worse and you will get ten different answers, usually based on whatever happened in their own backyard last year. But the question deserves a more careful look than gut feeling alone can give it. Climate scientists have spent...

The mouth is often discussed in terms of brushing, flossing, cavities, and gum disease. Those habits matter enormously, but they are not the whole picture. The tissues in and around the mouth also rely on a steady supply of nutrients to repair themselves, manage...