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Good oral health is more than having healthy teeth and gums. Indigenous people told researchers why it’s central to their wider health and wellbeing.
A recent study provides evidence that Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as tools.
Why are so many children growing up with damaged adult teeth?
Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago. We really are what we eat.
Seeking a second opinion is not a sign of distrust – it’s good self-advocacy.
In the age of ‘whitened, straightened, veneered smiles’, the distance between ruined poor teeth and healthy, wealthy teeth is growing.
The teeth of white sharks are not static weapons but living records of a shark’s changing lifestyle.
Yes, you can treat the symptoms – but working out the causes is probably more effective. Here’s what to look for.
Today, rock wallabies rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story.
The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work served very different purposes.
Bacteria living in your mouth get to work as soon as you take your first bite or sip of something sweet. Consuming your sugar more strategically can help keep cavities at bay.
Root canal treatment may offer health benefits far beyond saving a tooth.
A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long lifespan.
Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky to analyze, though – until now.
People who can’t afford to treat tooth decay may live with pain and have missing teeth – and they’re more likely to face discrimination.
A new discovery could reshape how we interpret the fossil record of humans and their closest relatives.
A new study of ancient, extinct fish known as placoderms provides another piece of the evolutionary puzzle about our deep time, aquatic ancestors.
New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.
Why clean teeth may come at a dirty cost.
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Senior Lecturer and General Dentist, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Biological Anthropology, Monash University
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Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Evans EvoMorph Laboratory, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Reader in Dental Materials, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Paediatric Dentistry, Cardiff University
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Professor, Chair of Population Oral Health + Head of School, Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph
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Paediatric dentist, Associate Professor and Clinician-Scientist Fellow, MCRI and University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute