Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...

What if a missing tooth could be regrown, not by nature, but in a lab using your own cells? Scientists at King’s College London have found a way to grow living teeth in the lab, bringing this ...

For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption ...

Recently, I rediscovered plaster dental impressions of my teeth taken by my orthodontist, Dr. Laurence Wright at the onset of treatment as a young teenager. Since I had an overbite known as, “buck ...

The newest, and maybe the most significant, players in the tooth-straightening biz are direct-to-consumer clear aligners that allow patients to skip the visit to the orthodontist’s office.

CUTLINES Randy McCormick stands outside his practice at 5505 S. Peoria Ave. McCormick is building a more modern facility at 1701 S. Peoria Ave., and will be taking the tooth with him. Sherry Brown/ ...