Yet women often report greater post-surgical pain and lower pain threshold than men. This difference stems from numerous biological, psychological and social factors. As a female dentist, it made me ...

Women in their 40s are more likely to have dental anxiety than any other age group, according to an ongoing University of Sydney study on dental anxiety and phobia. The case-control study, now ...

The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...

There’s a laundry list of things that men and women experience differently, but new research finds that pain may be yet another one. For the study, researchers analyzed data from two clinical trials ...

Some local dentists report a new trend of dental injuries among their patients. "We’re noticing it as a dental community," said Dr. Meenal Patel with Preston Dental Loft in Cary, who said her ...