Multipotent dental stem cells can give rise to various cell types and show potential for treating injuries, diabetes, and ...

Tooth loss and bone degeneration are problems that modern medicine still struggles to fix. Data from the National Bone Health Policy Institute shows that 10 million Americans over the age of 50 have ...

Off the bat, why don’t we do this already? To better understand what we’re up against in this toothy quest, Dr. Ophir Klein—a professor of orofacial sciences and pediatrics at the University of ...

Stem cells in the teeth and gums are multipotent and easily accessible. Scientists are researching ways to harness their ...

Much like Floyd Mayweather, genetics is a tough opponent to beat. You may prolong the match, but eventually those 12 rounds will come to an end and you’ll find yourself defeated. Some unfortunate ...

A novel study on the natural coordination of tooth development in time and space, led by Dr. Han-Sung Jung at the Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Korea, has discovered that "lingual" cells on ...

The dental pulp is susceptible to microbial infection, which often results in inflammation, necrosis, and defects in the pulp ...

The research in our laboratory is focused, among others, on developmental biology, with a particular emphasis on the differentiation of dental epithelial and mesenchymal progenitors and the ...

Tideglusib, a drug previously used in Alzheimer’s clinical trials, may boost the natural healing ability of teeth, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. For the study, ...