Imagine having such a terrible toothache and no access to a dentist that you take a pair of pliers and pull your own tooth. Meet Chester Moody. It’s 1958 in the Jim Crow South: Lorman, Mississippi, to ...

Seven years to visit the dentist was simply too long to wait for Linda Colla, who was forced to pull out her own teeth due to the pain. Colla, 75, began experiencing problems with gum disease and her ...

There’s no confidence boost quite like having a flawless, megawatt smile. Yet the older we get, the harder (and more expensive!) it becomes to maintain those pearly whites. Between pricey whitening ...

People in urgent need of dental care are resorting to pulling their own teeth out, the patient watchdog has found. Those who ...

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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 ...