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 ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

The Infant Oral Health Programme educates parents that tooth decay in young children can be prevented. Read more at ...

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 ...

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 ...

The children were followed until they reached the ages of 9 to 11 years. A control group was recruited for comparison. The corrected teething age was similar in both groups as a whole. When ...

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 ...