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Here’s how to avoid a trip to the emergency dentist this holiday.
Shark skin is composed of millions of tiny scales, which have a similar chemical composition to human teeth.
It’s not all about the cost of treatment – and this is something the next government will need to address.
Do you really need a dental clean every six months? Most healthy people will probably be OK if they go anually. But some people are at higher risk of cavities or gum disease, and should go more often.
A new study shows the enigmatic hominin species Australopithecus africanus may have breastfed young for around 5-6 years – a very costly practice for the mother.
People have probably always wanted clean and healthy teeth. What they historically used to achieve dental hygiene might surprise you.
Your teeth started to grow even before you were born.
Lead contamination is not just a problem for Flint, Michigan. It is an issue in many regions. One epidemiologist figured out how to measure past lead exposure using treasured biological samples.
A Neanderthal tooth was discovered in Serbia. This finding helps to fill gaps in the human fossil record of this important geographical region.
The discovery of a fossilised large predator is a rare event that offers insight into these beasts from the past.
Teeth covered in pits were common in the 2m-year-old species Paranthropus robustus.
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected neolithic human beings’ jaws – and allowed new language sounds to emerge.
How do you return Aboriginal remains to their place of origin when you have no record of where they came from? Look to a chemical element that’s laid down in teeth as people grow up.
We were the first to make the connection between P. gingivalis and fully diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease. While evidence of a link is growing, it must be interpreted in context.
Male monks were not the sole producers of books throughout the Middle Ages.
You may think you know everything about keeping your teeth healthy, but what you don’t know might surprise you…
When they cause problems, wisdom teeth don’t seem very smart. But they may have been evolution’s answer to a coarse diet.
Why do Canadians have such straight white teeth? The story is in the marketing of orthodontics in Canada.
The teeth from two Neanderthal children and a relatively modern human child reveal their exposure to seasonal changes during their early life.
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Senior Lecturer and General Dentist, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral researcher, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)
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Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Monash University
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Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
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Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Clinician-Scientist Fellow, MCRI and University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph
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Professor, Chair of Population Oral Health + Head of School, Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Paediatric Dentistry, University of Dundee
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Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
