The First Teeth Grew on the Skin of 460-Million-Year-Old Fish and Were Never Meant for Chewing
Teeth may have started as ancient sensory tools, not tools for eating.
Tag: teeth
Human-like Teeth Grown in Pigs Could Make Dental Implants a Thing of the Past
It's a glimpse into the future of tooth replacement.
Scientists find smallest-ever fanged frog species in Southeast Asia
It weighs about the same as a dime
A simple mouth rinse could spot early heart disease risk
Yet another reason to take good care of your teeth.
The story of how tusks evolved from teeth
The presence of an enamel layer is one of the key distinguishing features between the two.
This simple method prevents tooth decay while also being eco-friendly
Researchers quantified the environmental impact of three different preventive dental measures.
Artificial enamel is even stronger than real teeth
When enamel starts wearing off, cavities are not far behind. This new material could finally bring dentistry in the 21st ...
Frogs lost their teeth more than 20 times in their evolutionary history
They just couldn't seem to make up their mind.
Ancient teeth confirm: people have been trading internationally for thousands of years
A banana can teach you much about history.
Fossil Friday: ancient shark bones turn out to be the teeth of a new species of flying dinosaur
I mean, who hasn't this happened to, right?
Neanderthal milk teeth show their babies were raised and weaned similar to us
Tree ring-like growth lines in baby Neanderthal teeth suggest they were first weaned at around 6 months of age.
Neanderthal teeth could chomp on hard plants like nuts and seeds
A new study found that early human ancestors had teeth that could penetrate the hard shells of nuts and seeds ...
Near east neolithic people fashioned jewelry out of human teeth
The teeth were in perfect health when they were drilled for ornamentation purposes more than 8,000 years ago.
Some people have extra bones, teeth, and even nipples. Here are some examples
Not all bodies are the same.
Fossil Friday: Newly-found fossil teeth solve ancient monkey mystery
Take a bite out of this story.
Megalodon’s teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
Mammals’ evolutionary success relied on our ancestors growing very tiny
Sometimes it pays to be the smallest fish in the pond.
One of our extinct ancient relatives developed a chewing pattern unique among primates
We don't know why they did so.
Early baleen whales were fearsome predators with wicked teeth, but lost them entirely
Baleen, one surprising fossil suggests, evolved from gums rather than teeth.
What causes cavities and how to spot tooth decay
How long has it been since your last checkup?
How tooth wear sheds light on the predatory lives of dinosaurs
Not all dino teeth are made the same...
The first hominids might have evolved in Europe, fossil jaw suggests
Emphasis on might.
World’s oldest fillings come from the stone age and they’re basically asphalt
Sink your teeth into this story.
An Alzheimer’s drug could become the unlikely replacer of fillings
No more of that awful drilling in your teeth.
Using tools to process raw meat may have altered the course of human evolution
Imagine spending half of your day chewing food like our cousins, the chimpanzees. You'd never get anything done. Strikingly, human ...
Challenging the “Out of Africa” theory, one tooth at a time
Recent fossils unearthed in the Chinese province of Daoxian come to unravel the story of humanity’s spread as we know ...
Artificial tooth is as good as the real deal
Fewer materials in nature rival the toughness and resilience of a tooth or a seashell, and it's all due to ...
14,000-year-old molar gives us oldest proof of dentistry, and will make you love your dentist’s drill
Just as today -or a little less often, as we tend to abuse our teeth quite a bit nowadyas – ...
Dentists will soon be able to 3D print you a new tooth in minutes
With the advancements in 3D printing, it only seems like a matter of time until it starts to actively affect ...
Chewing gun removes up to 100 million bacteria from your mouth – but only if it’s sugar free
A new study has found that chewing gum is actually effective at cleaning your mouth of bacteria - but only ...
Microbial tomb discovered in 1,000 year-old human teeth
An international team of scientists believe they have across the "microbial Pompeii" after they found preserved bacteria and microscopic particles of food ...
First vertebrates with ‘teeth’ reveal some of their secrets
Conodonts - Greek for “having cone-shaped teeth” - are extinct chordates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. These are some ...
25-year old loses all his teeth due to soda addiction
William Kennewel wasn't a big fan of water - drinking soda instead of it pretty much all the time; now, ...
Drinking energy drinks is like bathing your teeth in acid
Energy and sports drink do give you a quick rush when you might feel like nothing else can do the ...
Scientists uncover (new) oldest modern humans in Europe
A fresh look at some already known fossilized remains revealed quite a surprise: they turned out to be the earliest ...
Scientists grow new teeth from stem cells
A recently published remarkable study describes how scientists from Japan have successfully manage to grow teeth inside a lab using ...
World’s oldest tootache revealed in ancient reptile fossils
Paleontologists turned into dentists after an examination of the fossilized jaw of a reptile from the Paleozoic era revealed what's ...
Why Women Get More Cavities
It's not because they deserve it, if that's what you're thinking - you mysoginistic bastard; and it's not because they're ...
