Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds of millions of years ago ...

Although teeth are not sensory organs like skin ... of Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago supports the hypothesis that the dentils of ancient fish were not an exoskeleton to protect ...

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives ...

The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ...

New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish.

The finding raises many questions, such as how the fish maintain their body size, what they feed on ... which appear quite similar in anatomy to surface-dwelling golden mahseers—although ...

Spending time catching and enjoying fresh fish is a simple and magical experience, but to truly be a part of it you need to ...

"But instead, it was just too much anatomy and too ... was a jawless fish swimming in the sea, sensing its environment through tooth-like structures on its body." These, he says, are "the ...

A new study reveals that the sensitivity of teeth, which makes them zing in a dentist's chair or ache after biting into ...