A new study from the University of Chicago suggests our sensitive teeth may be an evolutionary leftover that once helped our ...

Sharks, skates and catfish also have tooth-like structures called denticles that make their skin feel like sandpaper. When ...

Learn why both human teeth and an ancient fish contain a key sensory substance — but in different locations.

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today ...

Clove oil has eugenol, a natural anesthetic and anti-inflammatory agent. It numbs the area and reduces swelling when applied ...

If you've ever gotten a toothache from eating something cold like ice cream, scientists at the University of Chicago might ...

Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study ...

Dentine is responsible for transporting sensory information, so their work suggests these precursors to teeth once helped long-extinct fish sense their surroundings. “Covered in these sensitive ...

A new study reveals that the sensitivity of teeth, which makes them zing in a dentist's chair or ache after biting into ...

Teeth are sensitive because they evolved from sensory tissue in both ancient vertebrates and ancient arthropods.