Losing a tooth as an adult is par for the course for many of us. The only option to replace them? Artificial substitutes. But ...

Children’s teeth act like tiny time capsules. The hard layer inside each tooth, called dentine, sits beneath the enamel and ...

A model similar to the outer structure of the tooth is developed by researchers, according to a study published in the journal Science. Enamel is the thin outer layer of teeth, which is the ...

This article was originally published with the title “Anatomy of the Teeth” inScientific American Magazine Vol. 9 No. 21(February 1854), p. 168doi:10.1038/scientificamerican02041854-168 ...