NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- How do you like going to the dentist to have cavities filled and drilled? Not so much? Imagine being a young child with cavities -- even worse! As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez ...

Imagine stopping a tooth cavity in its tracks with just a drop of liquid brushed onto the offending spot. No shots, drilling, anxiety or pain involved. The tooth is instantly stronger and less ...

It’s the diagnosis no one ever wants to hear: a cavity. (Not to be dramatic or anything.) Sure, it's not exactly deadly, but cavity treatment is potentially pricey, and sitting in the dentist’s chair ...

Nobody looks forward to having a cavity drilled and filled by a dentist. Now there’s an alternative: an anti-microbial liquid that can be brushed on cavities to stop tooth decay – painlessly. The ...

If the high-pitched whir of a dentist's drill as it bores into your molar terrifies you, good news! There could be fewer fillings in your future. A painless way to prevent cavities in adults is ...

HOUSTON – Sedation and anesthesia as a means to calm young patients before dental patients carries a large risk, and in the worst cases can lead to the death of a child. As an alternative to having to ...

WEBVTT KERRY CAVANAUGH SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS IN TONIGHT'S MEDICAL ALERT. >> SHE IS ALL SMILES AS SHE SETTLES INTO THE DENTAL CHAIR. HE IS FILLING THE CAVITY IN 30 SECONDS WITHOUT A NEEDLE OR A DRILL.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Imagine having a decayed tooth repaired, painlessly, without drilling or shots of anesthesia to numb the area. Wishful thinking? Not if two studies being conducted at the University ...

Not many people look forward to going to the dentist, especially children. Now, there's a new liquid doctors are using to fight cavities painlessly, without a drill. "They're going to pull my teeth ...

If bacteria settle in between your teeth and form a cavity, your dentist must drill through your tooth just to get at it. But now dentists can trade their drills for a simple treatment that stops ...

BATTLEMENT MESA, Colo. — On a bright fall afternoon 36 years ago, the Atomic Energy Commission and a Texas oil company detonated a 40-kiloton nuclear device inside an 8,000-foot shaft on a high meadow ...