Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth's dentin, have a newly discovered function: Sensing cold, which can trigger pain in teeth; but scientists have also found a way to block the pathway to ...

There’s a special type of pain when something that is just too cold hits your teeth. This pain is so visceral, medical textbooks written throughout human history have recounted tales of a “tooth worm, ...

When inhaling cold air through your teeth sets off a stabbing nerve pain, you know something is wrong. For anyone with sensitive teeth, milkshakes, ice cream and just about anything cold can become a ...

For people with tooth decay, drinking a cold beverage can be agony. "It's a unique kind of pain," says David Clapham, vice president and chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

Tooth-worm's elusive identity revealed - it's odontoblasts [Nicholas Spinelli] An international team of scientists has linked the sharp stabbing tooth pain that some of us might experience when eating ...

When I feel a twinge of pain or sensitivity in my neck or back, I never hesitate to call my physical therapist to investigate what's going on. But when it comes to my teeth, I usually shrug off small ...

An ion channel called TRPC5 acts as a molecular cold sensor in teeth and could serve as a new drug target for treating toothaches. For people with tooth decay, drinking a cold beverage can be agony.

Researchers figured out how a jolt of discomfort gets from the damaged outside of your tooth to the nerves inside it. By Veronique Greenwood There’s nothing quite like the peculiar, bone-jarring ...