Now, researchers want to bring back the feel of real teeth with a new generation of implants. They’ve designed an implant ...

Anyone who has had a dental implant knows how alien it is to have a tooth-like thing in your mouth that isn’t really yours.

Fortunately, dental implants have revolutionized the way tooth replacement is approached. Unlike dentures or bridges, dental implants are surgically placed into the jawbone, where they fuse with the ...

To address this problem, the Tufts team created a new kind of “smart” implant. It uses a soft, biodegradable coating that wraps around the titanium base. This coating contains stem cells and a special ...

Dental implants look the part, but by design they can't replace actual teeth. Now scientists have developed an innovative new ...

Molars, the large teeth at the back of your mouth, play an important role in eating, helping to crush, chew, and grind food as you eat. If youre missing one or more of these powerful back teeth, it ...