Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today ...

In 2003, when Salt Lake City started adding fluoride to its water, Dr. Brent Larson had been practicing dentistry for 20 ...

Millions of people worldwide suffer from the rather common condition of teeth grinding, medically termed bruxism. It is an ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When Haridy studied the tissues of her catfish, she saw that the denticles were ...

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish.

Human teeth evolved from the ancient sensory armor of fish over 460 million years ago, revealing a surprising link between ...

A new study published in Nature traces the evolutionary origin of human teeth to sensory structures found on the exoskeletons ...

The North Carolina Fossil Festival is set to take place this Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 25, at the Aurora Fossil Museum, promising a weekend of fun-filled ...

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

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 ...

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