Using mouse incisor models, researchers reveal how coordinated cell movements form crack-resistant enamel in teeth ...

For decades, tooth wear has often been dismissed as a normal part of aging. Many people assume it is inevitable, cosmetic, or only worth addressing once it becomes severe. Modern dentistry, however, ...

Thousands of ­Britons could be ­living with a painful jaw ­condition that leaves sufferers with chronic headaches and ...

Nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide suffer from oral diseases, yet most dental problems are entirely preventable with proper family dental care practices. What’s striking is that children who ...

Nearly 40% of adults report feeling self-conscious about their smile, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry’s 2024 patient survey. But here’s what’s changed: advances in dental ...

Dental calculus is the richest known source of ancient DNA in the archaeological record. That stubborn mineralized plaque, once treated as little more than an unpleasant byproduct of life, has become ...

What is that how can a tooth survive the years and bear any intelligible mark of the molecules on its side when bone and other soft tissue have long since decayed? In the case of ancient-DNA, teeth ...

An extraordinary rhino fossil found in the Arctic is reshaping everything we know about prehistoric life and evolution.

You probably feel stunned and guilty after hearing that a 1-year-old has the start of cavities, especially if you thought you ...

If someone told you there’s a museum in Brooklyn dedicated entirely to bones, you’d probably assume they were joking or possibly describing a very niche restaurant. The Bone Museum is very real, very ...

The Bone Museum is a collection that proves New Yorkers will make a museum out of absolutely anything, and we’re all better off for it. Glass cases filled with skulls stretching into the distance, ...

The wind seems to carry tales along the cliffs of Cape Breton Island. It's easy to picture ancient forests once covering this coastline as you stand close to ...