Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the agreement between the predicted and the achieved tooth position planned by an orthodontic digital system. Methods: Digital models of the ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

Image courtesy of Elsevier and the American Academy of Ophthalmology A 16-year-old boy in India had a mature canine tooth removed from an unusual location: the superior orbit of his left eye between ...

Leonard P. Ullman Chair in Nutritional Ecology, Nutrition Theme Leader Charles Perkins Centre, Chair Sydney Food and Nutrition Network, University of Sydney This research has received in kind support ...

All she wants for Christmas is her one front tooth. Chrissy Teigen’s tooth — well, the veneer that covered her shaved-down tooth — fell out in a holiday game “gone wrong.” The former model, 40, took ...

Chrissy Teigen has experienced a holiday mishap. The Cravings author shared how she ended up losing one of her teeth while attempting to help her and John Legend’s kids—Luna, 9, Miles, 7, Esti, 2, and ...

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 ...

José Lemos receives funding from NIH and Vaxcyte. Jacqueline Abranches receives funding from NIH/NIDCR and Vaxcyte. Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year ...

Researchers have created a bioinspired gel that can regenerate tooth enamel by mimicking natural growth processes. The fluoride-free material forms a mineral-rich layer that restores enamel’s strength ...

An innovative gel that forms a layer over teeth and then recruits calcium and phosphate ions from saliva to build new enamel has the potential to change dental treatment. To date, we don't have any ...

It’s not surprising that many people fear the dentist. Replacing a tooth often requires invasive surgery and implanting a titanium screw into a patient’s jawbone, then waiting months for that to ...