Losing a tooth as an adult is par for the course for many of us. The only option to replace them? Artificial substitutes. But ...

Victoria Sampson explores the benefits of guided enamel regeneration, a non-invasive peptide treatment for early caries.

Tooth enamel, the hardest substance in the human body, may be at risk of gradual and permanent wear from chewing vegetables. While plant-based foods are an essential part of a healthy diet, as ...

A sliver of what makes sharks so intriguing comes with their ability to regrow teeth. And while a group of Japanese researchers aren’t claiming that we should be trying to be the most shark-like ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo oral biologist Hyuk-Jae (Edward) Kwon recently published a study examining how the gene KMT2D (also known as MLL4) affects the development of tooth enamel. The ...

Rebuilding tooth enamel. Tooth enamel is the hardest substance produced by the body.But once your teeth are formed, the cells responsible for making the substance — called ameloblasts —- take ...