Teeth contribute to the important functions of food mastication, swallowing, digestion, speech, and aesthetics in humans. Each tooth component serves a specific purpose. The development of human teeth ...

Students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Dental Medicine are learning head and neck anatomy and its relation to the oral cavity through the use of specially preserved, or ...

Dental calculus is the richest known source of ancient DNA in the archaeological record. That stubborn mineralized plaque, once treated as little more than an unpleasant byproduct of life, has become ...

A root canal is a dental procedure that gets rid of damage in your tooth’s roots while preserving your natural tooth. Root canals become necessary when infection or inflammation develops in the soft ...

For decades, tooth wear has often been dismissed as a normal part of aging. Many people assume it is inevitable, cosmetic, or ...

Imaging assisted in the treatment of a man's third molar that had fused with a supernumerary tooth, according to a case report published July 27 in the American Journal of Case Reports. The man was ...