A child usually has 20 baby teeth, which start to come through at about 6 months of age. They fall out, or shed, at various times throughout childhood.

A survey from the Australian Dental Association out this week shows about 3 in 4 children never floss their teeth, or have ...

Nora and her mother Andrea are participating in the tooth fairy study, a research project by MGH scientist Dr. Erin Dunn and her team to study children's baby teeth for signs of stress.

Natal teeth are teeth a baby is born with. This condition is rare. It's harmless for a newborn to have teeth from birth, but it can create problems for the mother in breastfeeding. Natal teeth are ...

K ids who lose a baby tooth will often put it under their pillow for the Tooth Fairy. But Julia Shi’s dad Songtai is a dentist and a medical researcher at the National Institutes of Health. When ...

Digital camera aims at baby tooth decay Sabena Suri Sept. 19, 2014 3:01 p.m. PT 2 min read ...