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Concerns are growing that private equity-led dental companies are pressuring patients into unnecessary treatments, with dangerous results.

“McDonald’s for Teeth”: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Teeth, Dental Professionals Warn

Researchers have successfully implanted a "smart" tooth implant using a gentler form of surgery inside the mouths of rats.

Bioengineered Tooth Implant That Grows Into Gum, Fuses With Nerves Performing Well in Animal Tests

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists at King's College London, UK, say they've successfully grown a human tooth in a lab for the first time.

Scientists Successfully Grow Human Tooth in Lab, With Aim of Implanting in Humans

By Victor Tangermann

New tests from the safety group Lead Safe Mama found heavy metal contamination in dozens of brands of toothpaste.

There’s Something Horrifying in Your Toothpaste

By Frank Landymore

Like something out of "Little Shop of Horrors," scientists have managed to grow human-like "replacement teeth" in a lab.

Scientists Grow Living “Replacement Teeth” for Dental Implants

By Noor Al-Sibai

Japanese scientists are set to kick off the world's first clinical trials of "tooth regrowth medicine" at the Kyoto University Hospital.

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Scientists About to Test Medicine to Grow New Teeth

By Victor Tangermann

A woman's smile on TikTok went viral because a few of her teeth did not glow in a night club, making for a mismatched smile.

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Woman Gets Dental Implants, Realizes They Do Something Wild in the Nightclub

By Sharon Adarlo

A Japanese company says it has developed a new antibody drug that stops proteins in the mouth responsible for suppressing tooth growth.

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Japanese Company Testing Drug to Regrow Teeth in Humans

By Victor Tangermann

Veneers are trending. According to some experts, however, the cost of a perfect smile is higher than those seeking the procedure might think.

Celebrities Are Permanently Damaging Their Teeth for a “Perfect Smile,” But It’s Coming Back to Haunt Them Later

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers has taken an important step toward a future where we can regenerate human teeth with the use of stem cells.

Scientists Just Made Intriguing Progress Toward Regenerating Human Teeth

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have discovered that bacteria and fungi can join forces to form assemblages of "superorganisms" that can "walk" across your teeth.

Researchers Say Microbes Assemble Into “Superorganisms” That Crawl Around Your Teeth

By Frank Landymore

The ultimate hands-free dental care: a swarm of shapeshifting microrobots, able to treat and remove tooth decay-inducing bacteria and plaque.

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Lazy Flossers Rejoice! Tiny Robot Shapeshifters Will Brush and Floss for You

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An international team of researchers have developed the synthetic human tooth enamel that they say outperforms the real thing.

Scientists Create Synthetic Tooth Enamel That’s Stronger Than Real Teeth

By Tony Ho Tran

Laurel Eich, a 42-year-old woman from Nevada, was arrested on Wednesday for burglary at a Sun Valley dental clinic where she used to work.

Woman Breaks Into Dentist’s Office, Extracts 13 Teeth From Anesthetized Patient

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists at the University of Washington plan to launch clinical trials on a breath mint that actually regrows lost tooth enamel.

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Scientists Say They’ve Created Candy That Heals Tooth Enamel

By Dan Robitzski

Americans are having a rough time during the pandemic with anxiety and other mental disorders at an all time high, leading to teeth grinding and jaw pain.

Americans’ Teeth Are Cracking in Huge Numbers

By Victor Tangermann