The Hall Technique, which uses preformed metal crowns pushed onto teeth with no dental injections or drilling, is favoured over traditional “drill and fill” methods by the majority of children who ...

HUMANS have tried a dolly mixture of different materials over the years to fill holes in teeth, including stone chips, cork particles and splinters of wood. The earliest discovered tooth filling dates ...

The debate over whether mercury in dental fillings can leach out and cause a wide range of health problems — from multiple sclerosis and cancer to Alzheimer's disease — refuses to die down. The ...

Dentists have been using dental amalgam to fill cavities for more than 150 years. Now one group is suing the FDA, claiming that people are getting sick and that silver fillings need to be banned. I ...