For more than 50 million Americans, finding a dentist is a difficult – in some cases, impossible – proposition. Many rural ...

Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

However, the individual showed a more human-like delayed development of the back teeth relative to the front teeth. There was ...

The team of pioneering Japanese researchers, led by Katsu Takahashi, is making remarkable strides toward developing a drug ...

He was 47 and had some distinctive features — a raised mole on his abdomen, a previously fractured wrist, right wrist and clavicle, and two missing front teeth, according to the state police ...

Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, Carroll said, but she was wary of traveling a long road of dental work. Then Carroll saw a TV commercial for ...