Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

The discovery edges back the foundation of dentistry by at least 40,000 years ...

Archaeologists analyzed a Neanderthal molar that seems like it was intentionally drilled, but some experts are skeptical ...

Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise ...

Archaeologists have found a hole in a 59,000-year-old tooth, which they say was drilled to treat a painful cavity. The find ...

Learn how researchers recreated a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dental procedure and uncovered evidence that ancient humans may ...

A tooth discovered in a Siberian cave bore signs of dental surgery apparently performed with a small stone tool to remove ...

Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

Neanderthals used rock drills to treat an infected tooth, according to a study that pushes back the earliest known evidence ...

A 59,000-year-old Neandertal molar unearthed in Siberia was drilled with a stone tool – the earliest evidence of primitive ...

Scientists say a tooth discovered in a Russian cave has provided the oldest evidence of "complex" dental care.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Every morning, there's probably a kid somewhere eagerly waiting to check underneath their pillow, the fruitful reward from a fairy in search of baby teeth. Tuesday, Aug. 22, is ...