Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

Baby teeth are the first set of teeth you grow. They’re also known as deciduous, temporary, or primary teeth. Teeth begin coming in around 6 to 10 months old. All 20 baby teeth tend to be fully grown ...

Most people start off adulthood with 32 teeth, not including the wisdom teeth. There are four types of teeth, and each plays an important role in how you eat, drink, and speak. Read on to learn more ...

Teeth are made from some biological nanotechnology that will blow your mind. Teeth. We’ve all got ‘em (most of us, anyway). But how do they grow? Teeth are made from some biological nanotechnology ...

(The Conversation) – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do people have two sets ...