Primary failure of tooth eruption (PFE) is a rare dental disorder in which one or more permanent teeth fail to emerge into the oral cavity despite the presence of an unobstructed eruption path. This ...

Ever wondered why some babies sprout their first tiny tooth at four months while others take their sweet time and don’t get one until after their first birthday? Parents often swap stories, compare ...

Children have 20 milk teeth, 10 in each jaw. This set of teeth is important for chewing and speaking, and helps to keep space open for the subsequent set of 32 permanent teeth. Milk teeth begin to ...

A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long ...

A new study has uncovered an unexpected connection between a mother’s stress during pregnancy and how quickly her baby’s teeth appear. Researchers from the University of Rochester, New York State, ...

Background: To evaluate disturbances in primary tooth eruption and their management with nonpharmacological remedies. Methods: In this nonrandomized clinical trial, 270 children aged between 8 and 36 ...

A systematic review uncovers links between maternal smoking and tooth defects in children, from missing teeth to enamel damage, while calling for stronger research to confirm the risks. Study: The ...

Most of the children [252 (99.2 %)] had one or more signs and symptoms during tooth eruption. Table 2 shows the mean frequencies of different teething disturbances during the study period. The most ...