Teeth can act as detailed biological records, preserving evidence of health, diet, and stress experienced throughout a person’s life. Teeth can reveal far more than age or appearance. In a recent ...

Even more striking were the changes that occur as sharks grow. At around 3m in body length, white sharks undergo a major ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

Cilk1 deficiency disrupts normal tooth development by altering primary cilia function and weakening Hedgehog signaling. This reduction triggers extra diastemal teeth, enlarges them under further ...

On New Year’s Day, Texas resident Sue Calhoun bit into a Milky Way bar and felt something hard that clearly wasn’t candy. Inside the chocolate was a human tooth with a silver filling, baked directly ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

Revolutionary 300,000-year-old dental remains from China's Hualongdong site are rewriting our understanding of human evolution in Asia. The teeth display an unprecedented combination of primitive and ...

The interaction between genetics and tissue environment shapes how individual teeth form in different regions of the jaw. While most experimental studies have focused on mandibular (lower jaw) teeth, ...

The spatial and temporal differences influence the development of vertebrate teeth in specific cell types, as well as the precise regulation of signalling networks. During early embryogenesis, the ...

A team of scientists in London may have found a way to repair tooth enamel using an ingredient found in an unexpected place: human hair. Researchers at King’s College London experimented with keratin, ...

Introduction: Exfoliated or extracted human teeth are increasingly used as accessible records of health history, biomarkers for predicting health risks, or analyzed for organic components to uncover ...