CENTER CITY (WPVI) -- Many people cringe at just the thought of gum disease treatments. It's often painful and takes weeks of appointments to complete. A new superfine laser promises to make the ...

At 39, I've never had a cavity, and my doctor used to say my mouth was boring. But I was born with thin gum tissue, and my gums started to recede gradually. I had gum-graft surgery to avoid an exposed ...

BOSTON (July 1, 2009, 7 a.m. ET) — Tufts dental researchers conducted a three-year follow-up study that examined the stability of a treatment option for receding gums and found that complete root ...