You probably don’t think much about teeth until a dentist brings them up. But across the animal kingdom, tooth counts can get wild fast.

Teeth can tell us a lot about the evolution of prehistoric humans, and our latest study of one of our species' close relatives may finally resolve a long-standing mystery. The genus Paranthropus is ...

Post and core is a dental restoration treatment that’s sometimes performed after a root canal. When a significant portion of a tooth’s structure is removed, a post and core can help keep a dental ...

Recently, the tradition got a pop culture boost from Sailorr, a Vietnamese American artist who wore black grillz in a 2024 video as a nod to her grandmother, who had blackened teeth. Yet scientists ...

Tooth or dental erosion is a progressive and irreversible loss of the outermost hard layer of the tooth structure. It is primarily caused by a chemical process and does not include bacterial ...

There's a longstanding debate simmering among biologists who study porcupines. There are 16 porcupine species in Central and South America, but only one in the United States and Canada. DNA evidence ...