ATLANTA - Tonya O'Bryan knew her blood pressure was borderline high, but she realized how high it was until she went to the dentist a few months ago. "That was a really big wakeup call," O'Bryan ...

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Which do you fear most: public speaking or a dental appointment? It's a tough choice to swallow, isn't it? I’ve done both more times than I can count and I still get anxiety beforehand. The worst part ...

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Sofia D’Uva, 15, has always loved going to the dentist. Although most kids are terrified of the gum scrapers that leave them with sore teeth, Sofia found the drilling and suction of the tools to be ...

I understand that for many of you, this is a real concern, and it should be. Be sure, it is one of mine as well. I will tell you what I did when I was anxious to return to my dentist for a routine ...

Oklahoma health officials plan to use social media and other means as they try to find every patient of a Tulsa oral surgeon who allegedly ran unsanitary clinics. The state Health Department wants ...

Some clinicians are urging dentists to use a new method to better monitor sedated dental patients after a 5-year-old boy didn't wake up for an hour following intravenous sedation. The correspondence ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma oral surgeon whose filthy clinic conditions led to the testing of thousands of patients for HIV and hepatitis permanently surrendered his professional license on ...