An Alaskan dentist accused of fraudulently billing Medicaid and needlessly sedating patients was also found to have pulled a patient’s tooth while riding on a wheeled "hoverboard" scooter. Dentist ...

A 70-year-old Long Island woman allegedly turned her kitchen into an illicit dentist office – disturbingly extracting five teeth from a trusting patient who paid her nearly $2,000, prosecutors said.

My last visit to a dentist office was about four years ago when I had a cavity filled and, later, my wisdom teeth pulled. I missed about a week of work and it took my mouth another month to feel ...

Experts recommend getting a dental checkup twice a year. Julia Burmistrova/Moment via Getty Images Donald Chi: Low-income people often have difficulty finding and accessing dental care. That ...

Need a tooth pulled or a cavity filled? Forget the dentist. A number of states are allowing or considering letting "dental therapists," professionals with a lower level of training, do the job. In ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A United Kingdom woman took matters into her own hands and tried to extract her own tooth after she could ...

Veronica "Ronnie" Flores-Herrera is the Real-Time Desk Manager for KRIS 6 News, Action 10 News, and Telemundo C.C. The Emmy-nominated journalist has been covering news in the Coastal Bend since 1997.

People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who experience a broken tooth, abscess or severe tooth pain should be able to ...

TAMPA, Florida -- Tampa dentist Mike Foley pulls a lot more than just teeth, including his 2,000-pound car. Foley loves showing off the power of his jaws, and you could say it all started with his ...

A shortage of National Health Service dentists in England has led some people to pull out their own teeth — or use super glue to stick crowns back on, a study says. Many dentists abandoned Britain’s ...