For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption ...

Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...

KUTV — Losing a tooth affects more than just your smile, it impacts your entire oral health. When a tooth is missing, the jawbone beneath it begins to shrink, a process called bone resorption. Over ...

Mice that lost teeth showed memory loss, brain inflammation markers after six months. The findings suggest tooth loss may ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic, with photos by Michael Martin and China Wong / Getty Images Patrick Brown is quick with a smile. As such, it does not take long to see that Brown has ...

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