Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a miniature dental robot that could one day automatically prepare teeth ...

Cleaning teeth. Image by Tim Sandle. New dental research finds that variety in enamel composition provides a means of predicting patterns with later tooth health. As lifespans become longer, cases of ...

Losing permanent teeth has always meant turning to artificial solutions such as dentures, bridges, or dental implants. But scientists in Japan are now exploring a treatment that could allow people to ...

While bones can regrow themselves when they break, teeth aren’t so lucky, and that leads to millions of people worldwide suffering from some form of edentulism, a.k.a. toothlessness. Now, Japanese ...

Electron microscopy images of a tooth with demineralised enamel showing eroded apatite crystals (left) and a similar demineralised tooth after a 2-week treatment showing epitaxially regenerated enamel ...