Our thoughts on teeth and aging typically begin and end at color. A white smile is youthful, so we bleach our teeth. But there’s a wide world of so-called anti-aging dental interventions out there.

Rachael Link is a registered dietitian and health writer based in San Francisco. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Missouri and holds a master’s degree from New York ...

Lily Carroll, 11, was born with a cleft palate. She wanted braces so much that she pulled out six of her baby teeth. Cristi Carroll remembers the discussion she had with the first of three ...

In Washington, image matters. So when Hill staffers, lawyers, and TV personalities want a straighter smile, they usually want to achieve it as discreetly and as quickly as possible. Luckily, adults in ...

Oral hygienist Kyle Messier cleans a student's teeth in a storage closet in Maple Avenue Elementary in Claremont. You probably never would have guessed it, but one of the front lines of public health ...

Social media has played a major role in the rise of dental tourism trends. TikTok videos often show airport arrivals, clinic ...

Skin isn’t the only thing that increased screen time has us zeroing in on. “Zoom has changed the dynamic of how people look at themselves facially in general,” says dentist Michael Apa, who has ...

Your Oct. 14 editorial “Smile and Say Price-Fixing” wrongly considers the merits of North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC. The issue is who should the public entrust to take care of ...