Healthy teeth have long been framed as a cosmetic bonus, but new data from Japan suggests they may be as fundamental to longevity as blood pressure or cholesterol. A massive national study of older ...

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Handout images from the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital show before (top) and after images of the regrowth of teeth in a ferret (centre) and mice (R and L ...

While straight teeth are considered the pinnacle of aesthetics in many Western countries, a completely opposite trend is taking hold in Japan: "yaeba," or the art of accentuating dental irregularity.

Everyone is familiar with losing teeth because we all do it his children. However, once we become adults, tooth loss can create a significant problem. While children have adult teeth that come in to ...

A shark’s menacing teeth can scare anyone out of the water — but one aspect of some sharks' existence may be worth emulating: their ability to regrow teeth. An experimental medicine in Japan that ...

Losing teeth has meant artificial replacements for centuries. Japanese researchers at Kyoto University Hospital are changing that with human trials of a drug that regrows natural teeth. By 2030, ...