Losing a tooth is a strange childhood milestone. But the Tooth Fairy, that familiar nighttime visitor, didn’t just appear out of nowhere with glitter and dollar bills. Her story is stitched together ...

A little boy is standing outside, a remote control in his hands. What appears to be dental floss is tied to a loose baby tooth on one end and a toy rocket on the other. Under the direction of his dad, ...

Like most mammals, humans are diphyodont: We have two sets of teeth – baby teeth and adult teeth. The technical term for our baby teeth is deciduous teeth because they fall out, the same way deciduous ...