Learn the biological triggers of grinding and find medical treatments to protect your jaw and sleep better tonight.

The findings of the Sweet Tooth Trial can be liberating. They suggest that we don't need to fear sweet food as a substance ...

No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in ...

Baleen whales don’t have teeth. Instead, they use baleen, a filtering system that lets the largest animals on Earth feed on ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its plan to determine safe levels of fluoride in drinking water and is seeking public comment until February 27. The EPA could then use this ...

Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study, recently published in the Journal of Human Evolution, on the diet of individuals at the Sima de ...

The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs. Cut the skin, and the blood will clot over the wound and the healing ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

Impacted teeth pose significant risks to oral health, ranging from cyst formation to arch crowding. Early detection remains ...

Oral frailty can shorten your life expectancy, so those dreaded visits, drills and all, really are for your own good.

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of sharks could have weaker teeth.

If you’ve been brushing your teeth as long as you can remember, chances are you haven’t taken much time to reflect on your form, and the oral health habit is pretty much second nature. If too much of ...