Oral frailty can shorten your life expectancy, so those dreaded visits, drills and all, really are for your own good.

Few animals look as calm and harmless as a hippo lounging in the water, but appearances can be deceiving. Dangerously so, in ...

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

Teeth provide a wealth of information about the lives of Iron Age Italians, according to a study published in the open-access ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

Although previous studies have reported associations between the number of teeth and all-cause mortality, the results vary depending on the tooth condition. Few studies have focused on the most ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

For more than a century, filmmakers worldwide have brought vampires to life on screens big and small across hundreds of interpretations. While cinematic bloodsuckers have ranged from the ...

This video exposes the unsettling reality of a fish whose human-like teeth have left scientists and viewers equally disturbed. Researchers break down the anatomy behind its surprisingly familiar smile ...

A team of scientists in London may have found a way to repair tooth enamel using an ingredient found in an unexpected place: human hair. Researchers at King’s College London experimented with keratin, ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...