There’s a special type of pain when something that is just too cold hits your teeth. This pain is so visceral, medical textbooks written throughout human history have recounted tales of a “tooth worm, ...

Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function for odontoblasts, the cells that form dentin, the shell beneath the tooth's enamel that encases the soft dental pulp ...

When inhaling cold winter air through your teeth sets off a stabbing nerve pain, you know something is wrong. For anyone with sensitive teeth, milkshakes, ice cream and just about anything cold can ...

When inhaling cold air through your teeth sets off a stabbing nerve pain, you know something is wrong. For anyone with sensitive teeth, milkshakes, ice cream and just about anything cold can become a ...

Tooth-worm's elusive identity revealed - it's odontoblasts [Nicholas Spinelli] An international team of scientists has linked the sharp stabbing tooth pain that some of us might experience when eating ...

Our teeth do a lot of work, and they may become sensitive to cold as the gums erode due to aging or because they have an untreated cavity (another reason why taking proper precautions and proactively ...