Learn why both human teeth and an ancient fish contain a key sensory substance — but in different locations.

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

Sharks were always known as silent hunters, but a new sound is challenging everything marine biologists once believed.

A few years ago, I stood inside a small enclosure at Dachigam National Park, staring into the half-open mouth of a Himalayan ...

Your teeth play important roles in your daily life, but have you ever wondered how humans evolved to have them? Skin scales ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS ... DHHS explains that fluoride is “a natural mineral that helps protect your teeth and bones.” They also state that ...

Injuries to the lips and mouth Includes inner cheeks and the roof of the mouth (hard and soft palate) Front of the mouth includes the tongue. Also, includes the flap under the upper lip (frenulum).

Doctors discovered a massive ovarian cyst "filled with hair and teeth" inside a woman who suffered agonising periods for more than 20 years. Valentina Milanova was left feeling like she "was dying ...

David Thorold, a curator at St Albans Museums, said the more than 500 items of human remains they hold includes the Folly ... one who had been a ‘breach birth’, and one who remained inside her body.