Last month, I discussed how severe ear pain, head pain and migraine-like symptoms can be caused by the way the teeth come together in the column “Understanding pain can solve mysteries.” This column ...

All parents can agree that watching your baby’s first teeth come in is a very exciting milestone! To help you keep track of ...

A new study identifies 18 genome regions that influence tooth size and shape, of which 17 have not been linked to our chompers before – and shows how genetic variation affects tooth dimensions across ...

Teething is a typical part of infancy. While the timing of teething can vary, discomfort and pain can cause irritability, and parents or caregivers may be unsure how to soothe their children.

While many people worry about the photogenic layout of their teeth, chances are most don’t think about individual tooth shape. Well, you should—because it might be partially determined by your ...

Researchers report that they have identified genetic variants that determine the shape of human teeth, including a gene inherited from Neanderthals. The scientists published their paper “PITX2 ...

One of the remaining challenges for evolutionary developmental studies of mammals, whose evolution is best known from their teeth, is how their tooth shape is altered during development. Researchers ...

Multiple tooth shapes make the analysis more difficult "This so-called heterodonty, i.e. the occurrence of different tooth shapes in the same jaw, has proven to be one of the greatest challenges for ...