A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long lifespan.

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Like most mammals, humans are diphyodont: We have two sets of teeth – baby teeth and adult teeth. The technical term for our ...

Children have 20 milk teeth, 10 in each jaw. This set of teeth is important for chewing and speaking, and helps to keep space ...

Two sisters from Calgary, Canada, are going viral for the "special" way in which their teeth grew in. Mom Barbara Okeke posted a reel on Instagram dedicated to her daughters Zina, 3, and Ziora, 9 ...

Infants of mothers with high levels of stress hormone age faster and typically have more teeth by six months of age ...

Phillips has entered the dinosaur game. For the first time in its history, the auction house known for contemporary art has gone prehistoric, selling a juvenile Triceratops skeleton in New York on ...