A GENERALLY accepted feature of the histology of ground sections of carious lesions in human dental enamel is the so called ‘dark zone’. This zone, which lies at the border of the lesion ...

Now, one dentist has revealed four things he'd never do when it comes to oral hygeine. Appearing on Australian TV show Sunrise, Dr Ben Hargreave, Principal Dentist at Dental Boutique, shared his ...

So it’s sort of a one-two punch. or cause a piece of the tooth to split. Then you’ve got an area where the enamel’s damaged, rougher and easier for bacteria to adhere to. so it’s an area ...

For all the cool regenerative tricks the human body can do, it’s kind of weird that we only have one shot at tooth enamel with no way to get it back. That may be about to change, as researchers ...

However, at-home teeth whitening can be dicey – homemade remedies can destroy enamel, while blue LED light kits, when used too often, increase tooth sensitivity and gum irritation (not to ...

They created organoids from stem cells that secrete the proteins that then form enamel. It might be possible to patch up teeth with this approach. The team envisions using it as a living filling that ...

This conclusion comes from an analysis of nitrogen isotope isotopes in the fossilized tooth enamel of seven Australopithecus individuals. The data revealed that these early hominins primarily ...