Scientists in the U.K. have developed a new material that may allow them to grow teeth in the lab, which could provide an alternative to fillings and dental implants someday.

Routine dental visits typically involve check-ups, cavity fillings, crowns, and various other essential services provided by ...

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

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The second, and more traditional choice, is the silver-coloured mercury-based dental amalgam, long favoured for its durability and affordability, particularly in cost-conscious re ...

while Pliny the Elder referenced similar procedures in his Naturalis Historia (shortly before his untimely demise during the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE). Today’s dental fillings can be ...

More than 150 dentists, dental hygienists and other oral health professionals wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking the federal government to end mercury-based dental fillings ...