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Concerns are growing that private equity-led dental companies are pressuring patients into unnecessary treatments, with dangerous results.

“McDonald’s for Teeth”: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Teeth, Dental Professionals Warn

Researchers have successfully implanted a "smart" tooth implant using a gentler form of surgery inside the mouths of rats.

Bioengineered Tooth Implant That Grows Into Gum, Fuses With Nerves Performing Well in Animal Tests

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists at King's College London, UK, say they've successfully grown a human tooth in a lab for the first time.

Scientists Successfully Grow Human Tooth in Lab, With Aim of Implanting in Humans

By Victor Tangermann

A dental robotics company claims to have used an AI-controlled robot to perform the first fully autonomous dental procedure on a human.

Prosthetics and Devices

Robot Performs First Ever Fully Autonomous Dental Surgery on Live Patient

By Victor Tangermann

A grisly new trend is emerging on TikTok, with self-proclaimed "veneer technicians" performing illegal dental surgery.

Dentists Horrified by People Carving Off Tooth Enamel at Home

By Victor Tangermann

Laurel Eich, a 42-year-old woman from Nevada, was arrested on Wednesday for burglary at a Sun Valley dental clinic where she used to work.

Woman Breaks Into Dentist’s Office, Extracts 13 Teeth From Anesthetized Patient

By Victor Tangermann

robotics dentistry

A Chinese Robot Dentist Operated on a Human Patient for the First Time Ever

Dentistry 14,000 Years Ago Was Shockingly Similar to Today’s Methods

Health & Medicine

Dentistry 14,000 Years Ago Was Shockingly Similar to Today’s Methods