By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

A nationwide ban on adding fluoride to public drinking water could saddle US families with billions in dental bills and ...

Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows?

From this type of sample, ancient DNA techniques enable the reconstruction of human and pathogen genomes from the past. In ...

The Quick, Painless Way to Outsmart Cavities (And No, It’s Not Harmful!) Let’s face it: nobody wants a cavity. That’s why Dr. Peter Zwickey at Niwot Dental is a big fan of one of the simplest, most ...

In the 460-million-year-old Eriptychius, the researchers found large, open pulp cavities and branching dentin tubules — an ...

Discover why some people never get cavities despite poor brushing habits - it's all in their DNA. The genetic lottery ...