In contrast, the sockets in ZL had granulation tissue showing areas of intense collagen deposition by numerous fibroblasts, along with foci of blood clot. New bone formation also originated from the ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that dentin, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored ...

Our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the "body armor" of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago, scientists say. In a new study, the researchers showed how sensory tissue discovered ...

Current teeth replacement solutions are invasive and often fail to fully restore natural tooth form and function.

What a tooth socket is, its role in dental health, and how to prevent issues like dry socket and bone loss.

Two of the surviving teeth on the alleged X. calminechari jaw sit within a single tooth socket—a feature at odds with most other known mosasaur teeth and jaw arrangements, in which each tooth ...

Singapore’s first Tooth Tissue Bank speeds up this process by keeping a ready supply of teeth donated by patients after extraction.

Dry socket can occur following a tooth extraction when a blood clot at the extraction site dislodges or fails to form. Smoking can cause or worsen the problem.

Dry sockets are typically painful and have no visible blood clot. Learn the differences between a dry socket versus a normal socket.

Tooth morphology and the composition of enamel – the most mineralized tissue of the body – constitute important criteria for speciation events that occurred over 200 million years of evolution.