Braces, rubber bands, even jaw surgery—millions endure them in pursuit of a straighter smile. But were misaligned smiles ...

Alemzadeh now plans to make accurate copies of human teeth for Dento-Munch to chew with. He has adapted a cheap way of imaging 3D objects to scan standard plaster casts of teeth made by dentists ...

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 ...

The pig’s mouth revealed its ordinary sharp, tusk-like canines saddled up beside smaller, slightly more human-looking teeth nubs. In theory, a similar process could play out in humans.

These 1.77-million-year-old teeth could help demystify human childhoods These 1.77-million-year-old teeth could help demystify human childhoods. By Laura Baisas.

Scientists have successfully grown teeth in a lab which they say could pave the way for patients to regrow lost teeth in the future. Researchers at King’s College London say the breakthrough ...

Rare microbiomes from two 4000-year-old teeth could help scientists further understand the impact dietary changes had on the evolution of a cavity-causing bacteria.

Tufts University researchers took material from human and pig teeth and were able to grow a tooth-like structure. They hope their findings could lead to growing living tooth replacements for people.

The world's first clinical trial of a drug designed to regenerate human teeth is slated to start in a few months, following promising results from animal studies. If successful, the revolutionary ...