A woman presented with an extremely rare case of bilateral fusion of her permanent lower jaw lateral incisors and canines, which resulted in crowding and made it difficult to clean her teeth. The case ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

February is Children’s Dental Health Month and we want to remind parents how important it is to take good care of babies’ mouths and first set of teeth. Many people feel that since baby teeth are not ...

Baby teeth, officially called primary teeth, typically begin their journey into the world when infants reach around six months of age. That first tiny tooth breaking through the gums marks an exciting ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do people have two sets of teeth? – Ivy D., ...