"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A study out of Japan showed how targeting genes can regrow teeth in animals. Now, the team has turned to ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

Earlier this year, scientists revealed that a new tooth-regrowing drug would enter human trials before the end of 2024. They've cut it close, but Japanese dentists testing the new tooth-growing drug ...

Long before evolution equipped them with the right teeth, early humans began eating tough grasses and starchy underground plants—foods rich in energy but hard to chew. A new study reveals that this ...

Our modern teeth evolved from a most unexpected source. A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth. Our teeth evolved ...