Increased maternal stress during pregnancy may accelerate infants’ biological aging, leading to earlier tooth eruption and more teeth by the time a child turns 6 months old, according to a news ...

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 ...

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 new birth cohort study reveals that a mother’s stress-related hormones in late pregnancy, especially cortisol, may quietly influence when her baby’s first teeth appear, uncovering a surprising link ...