Carol Evans' oral surgeon told her she was too heavy to have her tooth removed under anesthetic. It was the wake-up call she needed to lose 100 pounds through diet and exercise. She says she got ...

The number of children aged four and under being hospitalised for tooth extractions has risen by almost a quarter in the last decade, new figures have revealed. There were 9,206 extractions among this ...

Children and teenagers underwent almost 43,000 "completely preventable" operations to remove rotting teeth last year, costing the NHS more than £36m, according to new figures. Analysis of NHS spending ...

A pensioner who couldn’t get an emergency dentist appointment for over a month was forced to pull out his own tooth with a pair of pliers. Angus Macintyre, 73, was forced to perform the procedure on ...

Discover essential information about impacted wisdom teeth, their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and the importance of oral hygiene.

A sales director has been awarded £17,500 in compensation from a bungling dentist who left him with permanent facial numbness following a botched tooth removal. Kenneth Taylor has lost all feeling in ...