From baby teeth to ‘conveyor belt’ molars, here’s why humans—and other mammals –grow and replace their teeth in such ...

Children have 20 milk teeth, 10 in each jaw. This set of teeth is important for chewing and speaking, and helps to keep space open for the subsequent set of 32 permanent teeth. Milk teeth begin to ...

Background: To evaluate disturbances in primary tooth eruption and their management with nonpharmacological remedies. Methods: In this nonrandomized clinical trial, 270 children aged between 8 and 36 ...

Primary failure of tooth eruption (PFE) is a rare dental disorder in which one or more permanent teeth fail to emerge into the oral cavity despite the presence of an unobstructed eruption path. This ...

Discover why wisdom teeth evolved, their role in our ancestors' diets, and how modern changes affect their emergence today.

A new study has uncovered an unexpected connection between a mother’s stress during pregnancy and how quickly her baby’s teeth appear. Researchers from the University of Rochester, New York State, ...

Most of the children [252 (99.2 %)] had one or more signs and symptoms during tooth eruption. Table 2 shows the mean frequencies of different teething disturbances during the study period. The most ...