Research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw.

This clock, or biological rhythm, controls many metabolic functions and is based on the circadian rhythm, which is a roughly 24-hour cycle that is important in determining sleeping and feeding ...

Researchers at Columbia University have claimed another advance in the quest to grow biological teeth that could eventually be used instead of implants. Writing in the Journal of Dental Research (May ...

Paleoanthropologists have wondered how and why humans evolved molars that emerge into the mouth at specific ages and why those ages are so delayed compared to living apes. It is the coordination ...

At one of your trips to the dentist, the subject of wisdom teeth will be brought up. X-rays will be taken, questions asked ...

For decades, dentists and scientists have dreamed of helping people regrow lost teeth. Now, thanks to remarkable advances in genetics, molecular biology, and regenerative medicine, that dream is ...