Scientists in Osaka began clinical trials on proteins to enable children without permanent teeth to develop a third set of ...

it was normal. My parents never once showed me how to brush my teeth, there was no such thing as floss or electric toothbrushes. (I was thrilled, on my first visit to the US in the early 1980s ...

People receive but a single set of adult teeth and damage or loss is irreversible ... Scientists will have to prove that the lab-grown teeth are safe, reliable, and friendly to normal dental treatment ...

Losing baby teeth is a big milestone in every child's life. It often comes with excitement, a visit from the Tooth Fairy, and a little curiosity (or even worry) from parents. While it's a natural part ...

For those of you keeping count, that’s all but two of her baby teeth, all of her adult teeth ... Even though the normal number of teeth is 32, increasingly, even that is becoming too many.

Testing the jaw strength of mammals who can’t replace their adult teeth is harder: they won’t bite. But even compared to other mammals, there are reasons to think that our dental problems may be ...

Conclusion: MUNW is not stable, as many individuals transition to MUO, and those remaining MUNW accumulate more CRFs over time. Metabolic health needs to be assessed in normal-weight adults, ...

My milk teeth had been cute and straight but, by the time my adult teeth came through, I struggled to get my top lip over them. It was like trying to cover two gravestones with a hanky.

Building off work published late last year in ACS Macro Letters, a team at King’s College London is developing methods for lab-grown replacement teeth and fillings made from human cells.