Find a black spot on your tooth? Be safe and get it checked out. While it could be a stain, it might be a sign of something worse. “A black spot on your tooth shouldn’t be ignored,” says Tammy D.

Abstract: Automatic tooth alignment target prediction is vital in shortening the planning time of orthodontic treatments and aligner designs. Generally, the quality of alignment targets greatly ...

Scientists have developed a new gel that mimics the body’s natural processes to help teeth repair themselves. By guiding the growth of enamel-like minerals, this innovation could one day make dental ...

Researchers have created a bioinspired gel that can regenerate tooth enamel by mimicking natural growth processes. The fluoride-free material forms a mineral-rich layer that restores enamel’s strength ...

An innovative gel that forms a layer over teeth and then recruits calcium and phosphate ions from saliva to build new enamel has the potential to change dental treatment. To date, we don't have any ...

A gel uses chemicals found in saliva to repair and regenerate tooth enamel, which could prevent people from developing cavities that require fillings. Enamel – the hard, shiny layer on the surface of ...

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 ...

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...

Yara Haridy, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, likes to stun people by telling them that our skeletons evolved from a jawless fish. "Much of what we have today has been around ...

Few health misfortunes are more universally understood or dreaded than a toothache. The dull, persistent discomfort can easily turn into throbbing pain that can be made even worse by sinus pressure, ...