In animals, the work has already produced new teeth. In humans, the most important question is still open. The work follows a ...

Tooth loss affects billions worldwide. A Kyoto University spinout is testing a drug called TRG-035 that could regrow real ...

Most people lose a tooth and accept it as a permanent loss. You visit the dentist, explore your options, and leave having been told you have two choices: an implant or a denture. The idea that a ...

"Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it?

When children lose their baby teeth, there is an adult set already growing beneath the gums, ready to emerge. But if we lose our permanent teeth, there aren't any more waiting in the wings. Right now, ...