Bone is not the inert structure we often imagine. It's alive, adapting daily to load-bearing and impact. But with over 200 ...

MicroRNA-27a has been shown to stimulate both the wingless-type integration site family, or Wnt signaling, and the bone morphogenetic protein pathways to actively promote bone regeneration, according ...

Abscess If you notice a painful bump on the roof of your mouth, it could be an abscess—an infection that forms when bacteria ...

The Food and Drug Administration, which is part of HHS, announced this week that it’s beginning to remove ingestible fluoride ...

Your teeth play important roles in your daily life, but have you ever wondered how humans evolved to have them? Skin scales ...

Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods ...

A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs ...

Scientists apply advanced palaeontological techniques to estimate that the fictional Rancor possesses a bone-crushing bite force comparable to a T. rex ...

Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States Department of Oral and ...

The nanoparticles significantly reduce inflammatory responses and alveolar bone loss, and facilitate tissue repair. Additionally, this delivery system effectively preserves beneficial oral microbiota, ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...