Satisfied that a plastic called polymethylmethacrylate would be harmless and would form a good, strong tooth, he made molds of extracted teeth on the spot and filled the molds with plastic. After ...

Replacing the middlemen The dental industry has been transformed in the past 20 years by computers that can design a sequence of clear aligners — plastic appliances that fit over the teeth and ...

With photos and impressions of your teeth on hand, Candid creates orthodontist-approved, 3D-printed, and BPA-free plastic aligners to correct mild to moderate imperfections in your bite.

“If bad teeth could be prevented,” one dentist opined in 1904, “the gain to the state and individual would be of tremendous value, as it is wonderful how many diseases can be traced ...