Like something out of “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” scientists have managed to grow human-like teeth in a lab — and implant them inside a miniature pig’s mouth, in a harbinger of weird new frontiers for ...

The teeth of gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) show rigidly patterned, unidirectional replacement that may or may not be associated with a shedding mechanism. These mechanisms, which are critical for ...

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Many of us will lose an adult tooth in our lifetimes, whether through disease or misadventure – a punch that landed, a skateboarding trick that didn’t, say. And if you join these ranks, which include ...