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

Researchers believe lab-grown teeth could one day serve as an alternative to synthetic dental implants. By Mack DeGeurin Published Feb 6, 2025 2:49 PM EST Get the ...

It’s not surprising that many people fear the dentist. Replacing a tooth often requires invasive surgery and implanting a titanium screw into a patient’s jawbone, then waiting months for that to ...

Teeth are made of enamel, dentin, and cementum, and enamel covering the crown exposed from the gums is one of the hardest tissues in the human body. However, this enamel is easily dissolved by the ...

Two distinct stem cell lineages that drive tooth root and alveolar bone formation have been identified by researchers from Science Tokyo. Using genetically modified mice and lineage-tracing techniques ...