We’ll go over the anatomy of a tooth and the function of each part. We’ll also go over some common conditions that can affect your teeth, and we’ll list common symptoms to watch for.

The types of teeth are incisors, canines, premolars, and molars, and each serves a different purpose. Learn more about the types of teeth in this article.

To understand why teeth can’t regenerate, it's essential to look at their structure. Teeth are composed of three main layers: Enamel: The outermost, hardest part of the tooth.

Sharlene E. Santana, Suzanne Strait, Elizabeth R. Dumont, The better to eat you with: functional correlates of tooth structure in bats, Functional Ecology, Vol. 25, No. 4 (August 2011), pp. 839-847.

News & Views Published: 30 July 2014 Evolution Tooth structure re-engineered Zhe-Xi Luo Nature 512, 36–37 (2014) Cite this article ...

Using an atomic-scale imaging tool on a sea creature's tooth, two Northwestern University researchers have peeled away some of the mystery of organic and inorganic interfaces in tooth and bone ...