Individuals with oligodontia visiting the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics and Special Dental Care of the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) and the St ...

Changes in early tooth development can have surprisingly big effects on a person's smile. Missing teeth, extra teeth, unusually small or large teeth ...

Genetic variants that determine the shape of your teeth -- including a gene inherited from Neanderthals -- have been identified by a team of researchers. Genetic variants that determine the shape of ...

One of the remaining challenges for evolutionary developmental studies of mammals, whose evolution is best known from their teeth, is how their tooth shape is altered during development. Researchers ...