A tooth-extraction method that originated at least a century ago for patients with hemophilia may be the answer to removing baby teeth from nervous kids, according to research published on July 3 in ...

Dear Doctors: I’m getting a lot of advice during my pregnancy. Some of it is useful, but there have been a few old wives’ tales mixed in. A friend says you’re supposed to save your children’s baby ...

Experts are now encouraging parents to consider a new, untraditional way to possibly help their child’s future health by saving their baby’s teeth. Thanks to advancements in technology, STEM cells can ...

Teething is a typical part of infancy. While the timing of teething can vary, discomfort and pain can cause irritability, and parents or caregivers may be unsure how to soothe their children.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Some 100,000 baby teeth ...

St. Louis children sacrificed their baby teeth to help answer a somber question: Was radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing being absorbed by children in their bones and teeth?

A documentary is being made about the Baby Tooth Survey in St. Louis, a famous study from the 1950s that used donated deciduous teeth to investigate radiation exposure, according to a story published ...