Did you know that frequent gum bleeding can indicate inflammation that extends well beyond the mouth? In this video, endocrinologist Borja Bandera explains how periodontal disease develops, why ...

Rare variants in a gene involved in early development have been linked to a range of dental differences in people, including ...

Long before a tooth bud becomes visible, an embryo must already decide where teeth will form. A new study in mice, published ...

A couple pleaded guilty to trafficking protected wildlife items, including lion teeth, a tiger pelt and a rhino horn.

Rare variants in a gene involved in early development have been linked to a range of dental differences in people, including ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising reason dental implant infections often resist antibiotics: the implants themselves ...

I sure was! I just didn’t think my teeth knew. I’m not alone. Two partial crowns later, during a visit to my Los Angeles ...

A single tooth can contain valuable clues to a person's identity, even when remains are severely decomposed or reduced to bones, according to a study by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo.

A 9-year-old patient's infected immature molar showed complete healing, root maturation, and apical closure after a ...

A 16-year-old boy in India has had a tooth removed from his left eye socket, between the eyelid and the eyebrow. He had ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...