An indirect pulp cap is one method of preserving a tooth that has decay, trauma, or other damage. The crown of your tooth is the part of the tooth you can see in your mouth. It has three layers: ...

If you were to crack open a tooth, you’d find that it isn’t solid all the way through. Each of your teeth has a jelly-like core called tooth pulp or dental pulp. Your tooth pulp is protected by the ...

A team at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine transplanted tooth stem cells into rats with completely severed spinal cords. The stem cells not only promoted the regeneration of transected ...

Stress is typically thought of as a negative phenomenon, but researchers at HKU Dentistry found “positive stress” that can induce good changes in tooth stem cells to make them more resistant to injury ...

These tooth models show the relative size comparison of a human tooth versus a rat tooth -- to give an idea of the technical challenges involved with performing dentistry on such a small scale. NOTE: ...

A root canal is a dental procedure to remove dead or inflamed tissue, called pulp, from inside a tooth. You may need a root canal if you have symptoms such as temperature sensitivity, pain, and ...