If you're waking up with banging headaches or your partner tells you that you're making clacking sounds when you sleep, you might be grinding your teeth. The formal name for teeth grinding is bruxism, ...

For more than a century, filmmakers worldwide have brought vampires to life on screens big and small across hundreds of interpretations. While cinematic bloodsuckers have ranged from the ...

Jenny McCarthy has been to hell and back this past year because of a recurring mouth infection from a failed ceramic dental implant that led to a slew of ongoing medical issues. The 53-year-old ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic, with photos by Michael Martin and China Wong / Getty Images Patrick Brown is quick with a smile. As such, it does not take long to see that Brown has ...

David Avenetti receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Christina Nicholas ...

An innovative gel that forms a layer over teeth and then recruits calcium and phosphate ions from saliva to build new enamel has the potential to change dental treatment. To date, we don't have any ...

It’s not surprising that many people fear the dentist. Replacing a tooth often requires invasive surgery and implanting a titanium screw into a patient’s jawbone, then waiting months for that to ...

In the midst of veneer culture, a very different look is circulating on the fringes of Gen Z: jet-black teeth. The latest to debut the style? None other than North West, whose recent TikTok — ...

If you've been staring at your teeth and thinking they could stand to be a little brighter, don't impulsively start a teeth-whitening project, dentists warn. That's because taking the time to plan ...

Scientists discovered true teeth growing on the head of the spotted ratfish, a distant shark relative. The toothed structure, called a tenaculum, helps males hold onto females during mating. Genetic ...

A rumor that circulated in June 2025 claimed to show a collage of two authentic X-rays of a person with 81 teeth. According to many of the posts, the X-rays, which showed a skull from two angles, ...