Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...

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

Any hominid fossil find with molar teeth can be plugged into a new equation that reveals its species' prenatal growth rate. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images Fossilized bones help tell the story of ...

Baby teeth, officially called primary teeth, typically begin their journey into the world when infants reach around six months of age. That first tiny tooth breaking through the gums marks an exciting ...

A system of opposing genetic forces determines why mammals develop a single row of teeth, while sharks sport several, according to a study published today in the journal Science. When completely ...

Teeth and hard structures called dermal odontodes are evolutionarily related, arising from the same developmental system, a new study shows. Teeth and hard structures called dermal odontodes are ...

University scientists have identified a gene responsible for initiating the normal development of tooth roots in mammals. Researchers made this discovery by creating a mouse lacking the gene ...

JESSICA BROWN IS BACK WITH THE NEW STUDY. JESSIC TA:HAT’S RIGHT. THE RESEARCH IS BEING CONDUCTED AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL. SCIENTISTS SAY THEY WANTO LEARN IF AND HOW A CHILD’S SHED OF BABY TEETH MAY ...

The thickness of growth marks in baby teeth may help identify children at risk for depression and other mental health disorders later in life, according to a study led by researchers at Massachusetts ...