Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...

Researchers found that the USAG-1 protein could limit the growth of teeth in mice, so ensuring that the protein didn’t form could potentially invite teeth to grow. The team developed a medication to ...

The ability to grow replacement teeth could one day be a reality. With the discovery of adult stem cells in teeth, say scientists, there is every reason to believe tooth regeneration is possible.

Many rural counties are short on dentists, and if they lose water fluoridation, tooth decay could surge to levels that have ...

Like something out of "Repo! The Genetic Opera," scientists have managed to grow human-like teeth in a lab — and implant them inside a miniature pig's mouth, in a harbinger of weird new ...

Just as your baby begins to sleep for longer and show signs of calming down, teeth start appearing. For all the benefits of evolution, the emergence of first teeth is still painful and inefficient ...