Teeth can act as detailed biological records, preserving evidence of health, diet, and stress experienced throughout a person’s life. Teeth can reveal far more than age or appearance. In a recent ...

When you consider animals that have a lot of teeth, sharks are likely to be the first ones that come to mind, since they can ...

Even more striking were the changes that occur as sharks grow. At around 3m in body length, white sharks undergo a major ...

Cilk1 deficiency disrupts normal tooth development by altering primary cilia function and weakening Hedgehog signaling. This reduction triggers extra diastemal teeth, enlarges them under further ...

A new birth cohort study reveals that a mother’s stress-related hormones in late pregnancy, especially cortisol, may quietly influence when her baby’s first teeth appear, uncovering a surprising link ...

Summary: New research shows that infants whose mothers had higher cortisol levels during late pregnancy experience significantly earlier eruption of primary teeth. Babies of mothers with the highest ...

Take a chill pill, momma. Stress can affect pregnant women in several ways, from high blood pressure to heart disease and even premature birth before 37 weeks, a leading cause of newborn death and ...

Scientists showed for the first time that mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds with high prenatal levels of the stress hormone cortisol tend to have children whose first teeth come out earlier.

A new study has uncovered an unexpected connection between a mother’s stress during pregnancy and how quickly her baby’s teeth appear. Researchers from the University of Rochester, New York State, ...

Most adults have 32 teeth, including their wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth are often removed, leaving most adults with 28 teeth. It is possible to have fewer than 32 teeth, depending on whether they all ...

Composite fillings show over 80% success in young children treated under general anesthesia. Bulk-fill methods reduce procedure time by 60% while maintaining high restoration quality. Material ...