Certain types of food wear down your teeth. The longer these foods stick to the surface of your teeth, the more acidic your mouth will become, leading to the formation of cavities. When this happens, ...

A novel study on the natural coordination of tooth development in time and space, led by Dr. Han-Sung Jung at the Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Korea, has discovered that "lingual" cells on ...

Tooth decay occurs when bacteria in the mouth produce acids that attack the enamel, or protective outer layer of the tooth. If left untreated, tooth decay could lead to gum disease, cavities, and ...

The interaction between genetics and tissue environment shapes how individual teeth form in different regions of the jaw.

The interaction between genetics and tissue environment shapes how individual teeth form in different regions of the jaw. While most experimental ...

Representative images and heatmaps illustrate how human fetal tooth germs from the upper and lower jaws, although ...

Researchers in Beijing have generated a transcriptomic atlas comparing human fetal tooth germs from the upper and lower jaws ...