It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv ...

Recently, the tradition got a pop culture boost from Sailorr, a Vietnamese American artist who wore black grillz in a 2024 video as a nod to her grandmother, who had blackened teeth. Yet scientists ...

At first glance, teeth look a lot like bones: Both are hard, white and rich in calcium. So why aren't teeth considered part of the skeletal system? Even though teeth and bones share a few basic ...

Amino acids have been discovered in 48-million-year-old fossil teeth, revealing new insights into ancient life and evolution ...

You probably don’t think much about teeth until a dentist brings them up. But across the animal kingdom, tooth counts can get wild fast.