A team of mechanical engineering students from Johns Hopkins University is working with a Florida dentist to develop a device that aims to make dental procedures less daunting for many patients. Check ...

Dr. Gustiana uses various toy figurines made from silicon that can be placed on the drill head, telling the kids that the toy will clean their teeth. He treats more than 15 patients a day, about half ...

Dental anxiety, also known as odontophobia, prevents people from getting their regular cleanings and keeping up with necessary dental hygiene. One aspect of the anxiety comes from the sound of the ...

When ESA’s Mars Express reaches the Red Planet in December 2003, there will be a drill on board its Beagle 2 lander. This drill will dig into the surface to take samples of the Martian rocks. Who ...

KENOSHA, Wisconsin -- This could be a dental patient's worst nightmare. What began as a routine visit landed an Illinois man in the hospital after he inhaled the dentist's drill bit, WISN reported.

LONG. THE CT SCAN TELLS THE SHOCKING STORY AN INCH LONG DENTAL DRILL BIT LODGED DEEP IN TOM JOSIE’S LUNG. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WELL, I DON’T KNOW I WAS AT THE DENTIST TO GETTING A TOOTH FILLED ANDHE T ...

Not many people look forward to going to the dentist, especially children. Now, there's a new liquid doctors are using to fight cavities painlessly, without a drill. "They're going to pull my teeth ...

A Duke Health doctor recently removed a dental drill bit from a patient's lung after it was inhaled during a procedure. Interventional pulmonologist Dr. Momen Wahidi performed a bronchoscopy, which ...

KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WISN) — What began as a routine dental visit landed an Illinois man in a Kenosha hospital after he inhaled the dentist’s drill bit. A rare medical procedure was performed to remove ...