In conclusion, human teeth are unique in that they are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves. This is primarily due to their non-living enamel structure, which lacks the ...

Braces, rubber bands, even jaw surgery—millions endure them in pursuit of a straighter smile. But were misaligned smiles always this common? Research suggests that might not be the case. While ...

A new analysis of teeth and a bone found on an Indonesian island reveal that "hobbits" were more than 2 inches shorter than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian, who lived when the earliest pyramids were built ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Bone smashing will not permanently change your facial structure – but it may lead to other permanent harms, including tooth loss and blindness. The ‘science’ behind the trend ...

Scientists used samples of human tooth enamel, similar in size to these samples of wolf tooth enamel, to examine two immune proteins: immunoglobulin G and C-reactive protein. Credit: Tammy Buonasera ...

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 ...