Dental health is as important for animals as it is for humans. This week, the furry and fanged residents of Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, also known as Zoo Miami, went to the dentist. A variety of procedures were performed during Dental Week, from cleanings to root canals, and patients included a lion, gorilla, chimpanzee, … Read more
Eating healthily does not mean you have to deprive your tastebuds — in the latest in our unique inflammation-busting series, one of the UK’s top dietitians shows you how to stay healthy with mouth-watering recipes you will want to make again and again. Joy is not a word generally associated with diet plans, but I … Read more
Braith Anasta’s fiancée Rachael Lee shares graphic video of the milestone moment she pulled his six-year-old daughter Aleeia’s front tooth out By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:28 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 07:30 BST, 30 September 2020 She’s a proud mum to two children and a stepmum to her fiancé Braith … Read more
Holly Willoughby shares five-year-old son Chester’s sweet letter to the tooth fairy after he lost his first pearly white By Roxy Simons and Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 15:15 BST, 25 September 2020 | Updated: 15:15 BST, 25 September 2020 Holly Willoughby shared an amusing post as her youngest child Chester, five, lost his first … Read more
Ira Johnson is an 18-year-old explorer living in Missouri who made an astonishing find while walking along the Grand River – he discovered a fossilized mastodon tooth. Johnson noticed a ‘big rock’ near the water that seemed to be out of the ordinary and when he took it home, he realized it was an ancient … Read more
Ira Johnson is an 18-year-old explorer living in Missouri who made an astonishing find while walking along the Grand River – he discovered a fossilized mastodon tooth. Johnson noticed a ‘big rock’ near the water that seemed to be out of the ordinary and when he took it home, he realized it was an ancient … Read more
A milk tooth belonging to one of Italy‘s last Neanderthal children has been found near Venice. The canine tooth belonged to a pre-teen, likely 11 or 12 years old, and dates back 45,000 years. Neanderthals went extinct around 40,000 years ago after being out-competed for food and shelter by the more intelligent Homo sapiens. An … Read more
A newly discovered fossilised ape tooth found in India is the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon and it lived 13 million years ago, study finds. The fossil belongs to a new species of ape named Kapi ramnagarensis and was discovered by fossil hunters at the Ramnager dig site in northern India. Experts from … Read more
A single mother spent five months in hospital after an abscess on her tooth led to an infection on her brain. Rebecca Dalton, 35, suddenly saw her ‘personality change completely’ in March and thought she was suffering a mental breakdown. She had just finished a course of antibiotics for a small abscess on her upper wisdom … Read more
The first atomic-scale map of human enamel is helping to reveal how cavities form — and may even help experts reverse tooth decay, researchers have claimed. It was drawn up using a combination of advanced scanning techniques and chemical analysis, uncovering enamel’s structural makeup in unprecedented detail. Enamel is the outer protective layer on our … Read more