Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

Even before your baby was born, little tooth buds were developing under their gums. So when do baby teeth start to appear?

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

One in five children brush less than twice per day or never Only 45 per cent of parents take their child to a dentist by the ...

Now, thanks to thorough analysis of the remarkably well-preserved remains, archaeologists have been able to determine what the child looked like, and what ultimately ended his short life. “The ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Kids aren’t asking — they’ll take the free candy — but some parents wonder at what point, it's developmentally appropriate ...

explains that children do not have the manual dexterity to brush their own teeth until they are seven or eight years of age. ...

Pupils at The Oaks Infant School in Sittingbourne clean their teeth at school after every lunch break Children in some of the most deprived parts of Kent are being given supervised teeth brushing ...

More than 50% of children have had a cavity in their primary, or baby, teeth by age 8. Kids who get cavities in their baby ...