A team of scientists in London may have found a way to repair tooth enamel using an ingredient found in an unexpected place: human hair. Researchers at King’s College London experimented with keratin, ...

A cracked tooth or loss of enamel can make you feel vulnerable every time you sip on something cold or bite down a bit hard. Most people learn to live with that sharp pain or the anticipation of more ...

According to a study published in the journal ACS Nano, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an ...

Dental treatments from sheep’s wool and other hair could be used to coat teeth to repair enamel and prevent tooth decay, according to a new study. After extracting keratin — a protein found in hair, ...

The problem with popular teeth-whitening agents, like peroxide-based gels, is that they risk damaging tooth enamel while they ...

The study presents keratin as an eco-friendly, biomimetic alternative to traditional fluoride treatments, which can only slow decay, but not reverse it. "Enamel is the hardest tissue in the body, but ...

Everyday acidic foods and drinks silently erode tooth enamel, a substance that cannot regenerate. This irreversible damage ...