Some cultural customs, rooted in long-standing beliefs about health, teething, and beauty, have notable effects on oral ...

The practice of extracting baby canine teeth to make way for adult canines that are erupting in the wrong place has no evidential basis, according to a new study by Cochrane Researchers. In a ...

Question: My child grinds his teeth at night? Is this something I need to worry about? Answer: Teeth grinding, or bruxism, affects 20 percent to 40 percent of all children, can begin anytime from ...

It used to be easy to know when to consider braces. If your child’s adult teeth came in crooked or overcrowded, you’d usually wait until most or all of them were through before seeing an orthodontist.