It affects a significant number of children and can leave their adult teeth permanently weakened and discoloured. Sorapop ...

Physicists and mathematicians use the classical Stefan problem to explain the principles of crystal formation, such as snowflakes. Researchers in the University of Helsinki and Aalto University have ...

Researchers at the UZH Center for Dental Medicine have investigated the importance of the Notch pathway for the evolution of tooth morphology. Mutations in this signaling pathway can lead to defective ...

New avenues for prevention and therapy According to Mitsiadis, understanding the genetic code that controls tooth development, the knowledge of the molecular connections during enamel formation, and ...

Currently, cavities and damage to enamel are repaired by dentists with the help of synthetic white filling materials. There is no natural alternative to this. But a new 3D model with human dental stem ...

Biologists report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, providing fresh support for Charles Darwin's ...

Scientists have identified a gene responsible for the formation of enamel, which is the key component of the teeth. The experiments were accomplished in mice carrying a deletion of the transcription ...

Enamel, the hardest and most mineral-rich substance in the human body, covers and protects our teeth. However, in one out of every 10 people—and in a third of children with celiac disease—this layer ...

The enamel that gives our teeth their bite evolved from the scales of ancient fish that lived more than 400 million years ago, fossil and genetic evidence suggests. Enamel is the hardest tissue ...