Without good dental care, teeth tend to suffer. An abundance of archaeological evidence has shown that poor oral health was ...

Learn how researchers identified Scotland’s earliest known gold dental bridge, likely crafted by a jeweler before modern ...

Even today, many people dread a trip to the dentist, but in the Middle Ages, it was far worse—no anesthesia, no advanced tools, and often a visit to the local barber-surgeon or even a blacksmith.

X-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and radiocarbon dating filled in many gaps about the person’s identity.

An archaeological dig at the site of a 12th-century church in Scotland has unearthed more evidence that “advanced dental ...

Think of medieval England and you are likely to conjure up an image of a wizened hag with black stumps for teeth. But although that might have been the unfortunate state of some people's teeth, others ...

Wearing bling on your teeth is commonly associated with rappers and hip-hop artists - but a medieval Scotsman also had a gold ...