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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function for odontoblasts, the cells that form dentin, the shell beneath the tooth's enamel that encases the soft dental pulp ...

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 ...

Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more. You shouldn’t experience tooth pain when you eat a spoonful of ice ...

Eating ice cream should be a pretty damn wonderful experience. Sipping a steaming cup of coffee should be equal parts restorative and energizing. But if you have sensitive teeth, pain comes along and ...

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.