A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long ...

Like most mammals, humans are diphyodont: We have two sets of teeth – baby teeth and adult teeth. The technical term for our ...

Dental procedures involving radiation should be tailored to your actual needs. Overuse doesn’t make your mouth healthier; it ...

Your teeth and gums can be early indicators of various health issues, from eating disorders and anemia to osteoporosis and ...

Canada’s dental care system is changing with the expansion of the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), giving uninsured ...

A Friday Harbor researcher recently identified the first example of ‘true teeth’ outside of the jaw in a vertebrate.

Tooth development is a dynamic process that involves the stages of the bud, the cap, and the bell, followed by root development and subsequent tooth formation. Processes such as the bud-to-cap ...