Scientists in Osaka began clinical trials on proteins to enable children without permanent teeth to develop a third set of ...

Scientists at King's College London, UK, say they've successfully grown a human tooth in a lab for the first time.

Growing an entire new tooth—or starting the process so that the cells can continue it when implanted—will require ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Not everyone has wisdom teeth. Third molars usually appear in early adulthood, and grow in at the very back of the mouth.

‘This process could help us in future make human teeth.’ Unlike animals like sharks and elephants who have the ability to grow new teeth, humans only have one set from adulthood, the scientists say.

In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists at King’s College London have successfully grown human teeth in a laboratory for the ...