A large consanguineous family with four individuals displaying five incisors in the anterior mandible is described. This family condition led us to propose a hypothesis of an autosomal recessive ...

Background: Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is used widely in dentistry for applications including implant surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthognathic surgery, endodontics and ...

The largest rodent ever to have lived may have used its front teeth just like an elephant uses its tusks, a new study has found. "We concluded that Josephoartigasia must have used its incisors for ...

Incisors are the sharp teeth at the front of the mouth that are important for biting and chewing solid foods. Babies and adults have eight incisors, including: upper central incisors — the two at the ...

Mamelons are the small bumps on your four front teeth called incisors. They usually appear as a group of three and wear down as you age. Mamelons don't need any special treatment. They give your teeth ...

The intentional replantation procedure, which involves the deliberate extraction, treatment and reinsertion of a tooth, is increasingly being considered as a viable alternative to extraction, ...

Biologists have been puzzled by the evolutionary adaptation behind a common tooth trait of northern Asians and Native Americans: shovel-shaped incisors. An analysis of archeological specimens shows ...

The largest rodent ever to have lived may have used its front teeth just like an elephant uses its tusks, according to a new study. The rodent would have been the size of a buffalo, with the largest ...