Aching teeth are one of the few health complaints that follow you through life. You don’t remember your first toothache, but your parent might. It probably happened when you were around 6 months old, ...
Until now, the sensory neurons inside the tooth were primarily thought to send pain signals to the brain, but a new study shows those neurons are multitaskers that also trigger a jaw-opening reflex ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have suffered from postherpetic neuralgia for five years. The doctor has located the nerve and wants to "kill" it. What would be the postop effects of this procedure? I am afraid ...
Researchers figured out how a jolt of discomfort gets from the damaged outside of your tooth to the nerves inside it. By Veronique Greenwood There’s nothing quite like the peculiar, bone-jarring ...
Teeth on display at the Wellcome Collection, London. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Teeth on display at the Wellcome Collection, London. — Image by © Tim Sandle ...