Dental researchers from Tufts University took cells from the dental pulp of a human tooth and mixed them with cells from the enamel of a pig tooth and seeded them onto a “scaffold.” It was then grown ...

A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long ...

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 ...

Losing a tooth is tough. If we lose the small living structures that help us chew our food, we're left with the options of replacing them with dentures or implants that can be costly. Beyond that, ...

The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the work. Lose an adult tooth, and you’re left with limited options that ...