Kernicterus, a severe complication of jaundice that can occur if an infant is left untreated, can cause the teeth to have ...

The dental mirror was used to further provide illumination of the tooth surfaces through reflection of light and sun. Each fully emerged tooth in the mouth was screened for enamel defects (hypoplasia ...

Archaeological research is increasingly focusing on teeth to reveal insights into ancient lives. Dental analysis uncovers details about diet, occupati ...

It's colorless so you may not see it, but it's still there. The bacteria in plaque make acids that can damage the enamel on your teeth and cause cavities. If you don't remove it regularly ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Developmental Enamel Defects (DED) pose a significant challenge for ...

Brands containing fruits such as lemon, raspberry and blackcurrant can dissolve tooth enamel, a study found. Extracted teeth were placed in a blackcurrant, ginseng and vanilla herbal tea ...

But proteins can survive much longer than DNA, particularly in hard tooth enamel. When they analyzed the fossilized enamel of the P. robustus teeth, the researchers were able to identify specific ...

Ancient tooth enamel proteins have provided powerful clues for researchers studying our very early relatives – Paranthropus robustus, in this instance – and their role in human evolution. This hard ...

Fluoride has been added to public water systems in the United States since 1945 to strengthen tooth enamel and fight off bacteria, ultimately reducing tooth decay. Mass General Brigham researchers ...

Archaeologists recovered teeth from four members of the species Paranthropus robustus, a two-legged human relative who lived between 1.8 million and 1.2 million years ago, from Swartkrans, a ...