Late last year, North American Dental’s private-equity owners sold the company to Jacobs Holding, a Zurich-based firm that invests on behalf of a nonprofit foundation. So far, Jacobs has not ...

New device could take the fear out of the dental drill. Jan. 11, 2011— -- If you cringe at the high-pitched squeal of a dentist's drill, you're not alone. Studies have shown it's that very ...

An innovative device which cancels out the noise of the dental drill could spell the end of people's anxiety about trips to the dentist, according to experts at King's College London, Brunel ...

Imagine a trip to the dentist minus the dreaded drill. It could soon be possible, thanks to new technology that promises to catch cavities early, before drilling is ever needed.

Open wide, patients — the allegedly sloshed dentist is taking appointments again. The Long Island cavity filler who was busted Monday for allegedly using his drill while blitzed will return to ...

Some dentists drill these early spots; others try alternatives. Dec. 2, 2011— -- By the time a dentist finds a cavity, that tooth has been through several stages of a chronic infectious ...

NEW ORLEANS — You might not like the sound of the dentist's drill. Many people don't, but one Gulf Coast man has a whole different reason to not like the drill, that goes way beyond the way it ...