For many people, the jaw can no longer comfortably accommodate all 32 teeth. Some people are born with congenitally missing teeth, also called tooth agenesis. This occurs most commonly with wisdom ...

Missing teeth create consequences that extend far beyond cosmetic concerns, particularly affecting your digestive system and stomach health. When teeth are absent, the body’s ability to properly ...

The largely hereditary disease affects one in 1,000 people. Born missing six or more teeth, these patients face difficulties eating and properly developing their jaws. Patients often rely on ...

However, in the UK, three to five per cent of the population are born with missing teeth, and according to Bupa, almost 75% of British adults don’t have a full set of teeth. Six per cent have ...

Researchers are then looking at expanding the trial to those with partial edentulism, or people missing one to five permanent teeth due to environmental factors. The incidence of this varies from ...

Migraines and severe headaches may be associated with the number of missing posterior teeth, according to a very large study of U.S. patients published on September 9 in the Journal of Prosthetic ...

It is these hidden buds that the tooth-regrowing drug taps into to help regrow missing teeth entirely. So far, the drug has seen very promising results from tests on mice and ferrets. Essentially ...