Two parents from Portland, Oregon, are going viral on the internet for sharing their family’s twist on the Fairy tradition. Rachel and David Dickson, 39 and 45, explained in a post on Threads that, in ...

Brushing your teeth too hard can feel like you're getting them extra clean. However, you can wear down your tooth's outer layer (enamel) over time. While naturally strong, scrubbing with firm pressure ...

If you’ve ever picked up a shark’s tooth on the beach or seen a prehistoric creature’s skull on display at a natural history museum, you may have noticed one characteristic that all these fossilized ...

Two distinct stem cell lineages that drive tooth root and alveolar bone formation have been identified by researchers from Science Tokyo. Using genetically modified mice and lineage-tracing techniques ...

Kate Trinajstic receives funding from Australian Research Council, ANSTO synchrotron merit funding John Long receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Vincent Dupret received funding from ...

A rumor that circulated in June 2025 claimed to show a collage of two authentic X-rays of a person with 81 teeth. According to many of the posts, the X-rays, which showed a skull from two angles, ...

Some male “ghost sharks” have a bizarre way of giving love bites: They use teeth that sprout from their foreheads. These otherworldly animals, also known as spotted ratfish, can grab onto mates using ...

Archaeologists already knew that adult Maya had tooth inlays, but this is some of the first evidence that children also had tooth bling. Centuries ago, Maya children as young as 7 had "tooth gems" — ...

Whether you've got a big event lined up or you're just tired of staring at your face on Zoom, whitening your teeth at home can be a more complicated project than you think. With so many ...

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...

Ozempic has been a hot-button topic recently. The prescription drug, semaglutide, is most commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, but over the last few years, it has surged in popularity among people ...

Brent Chapman can see again after doctors pulled out one of his teeth, flattened it, drilled a hole in it, placed a lens inside and implanted the tooth in one of his eyes. It seems bizarre, but the ...