Dental researchers from Tufts University took cells from the dental pulp of a human tooth and mixed them with cells from the enamel of a pig tooth and seeded them onto a “scaffold.” It was then grown ...

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth. Our teeth evolved from the piercing “body armor” of extinct fish, which ...

A new study reveals your molars may have more in common with prehistoric body armor than you’d expect. The next time you wince from an ice-cold drink or a too-hot slice of pizza, blame your ancestors.

Cavities and gum disease usually don’t portend good news, but in the case of two teeth, they prove remarkable. Molars from 4,000-year-old human remains that date back to the Bronze Age were found in a ...

Karina Presti was born and raised in Venezuela and lived there until 2004. Loved ones mourn 11-year-old killed in park shooting, call for preventive action Queenie was playing with her cousins when ...

For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption ...

Losing a tooth is tough. If we lose the small living structures that help us chew our food, we're left with the options of replacing them with dentures or implants that can be costly. Beyond that, ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

Japanese pharmaceutical company Toregem Biopharma says it has developed a new antibody drug that stops proteins in the mouth responsible for suppressing tooth growth. In other words, the treatment ...

When dentists look inside your mouth, they’re not just looking for cavities. They’re looking for gum disease and oral cancers, as well as assessing the overall health of the millions of bacteria, ...