Six teeth from Homo erectus individuals who lived roughly 400,000 years ago in China have yielded enamel proteins carrying an ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

A DRUG designed to regrow teeth has begun being tested on humans. Results are not ready yet, but if it works, the medication ...

For decades, paleoanthropologists pointed to tiny grooves between ancient hominin teeth as proof that early humans and ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. At the moment, there are only a few options for dental replacements, such as dentures, titanium implants, or leaving the gap completely blank. But what if ...

(CNN) — Two teeth from a man who lived approximately 4,000 years ago have been discovered to have an abundance of bacteria that primarily cause tooth decay and gum disease. The rare find could help ...

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, from the ancient to the modern. "These proteins are present in tooth ...

While bones can regrow themselves when they break, teeth aren’t so lucky, and that leads to millions of people worldwide suffering from some form of edentulism, a.k.a. toothlessness. Now, Japanese ...

A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, from the ancient to the modern. The method examines two immune proteins ...