Still, normal eating and chewing habits tend to smooth out mamelons by our late teens, says Dr. Loo. (Some behaviors can accelerate typical mamelon wear, such as teeth grinding, biting on nails or ...

Deep overbite is when the lower incisor (front) teeth bite too close or into the gum tissue behind the upper teeth, causing significant bone and discomfort. A deep bite can also lead to excessive ...

Using dental stem cells from juvenile rats placed on a sponge-like polymer mold, researchers at the Forsyth Institute, a dental research facility in Boston, and Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo ...

Teeth develop when embryonic epithelial cells in the mouth combine with mesenchymal cells derived from the neural crest. Previous studies have shown that these cells can be combined in the lab to ...