Jade inlays, typically reserved for adults, have been discovered on the teeth of young Maya children aged only 8 to 10 years, challenging our understanding of this ancient civilization. These dental ...

Introduction / Scott E. Burnett and Joel D. Irish -- Africa: the first and the present -- Characterizing ablation in the later stone age Maghreb: chronology and significance / Isabelle De Groote and ...

Background Nearly half of elite athletes have dental erosion. Modifying the dental pellicle (a layer adsorbed onto tooth surfaces) for protection has the potential to be a novel method to prevent ...

Researchers say the incisors' removal may have served as an indicator of social status or membership in a specific group. C. Gerin and P. Mora / Antiquity Archaeologists exploring a subterranean cave ...

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA—Common within Maya culture was the practice of dental modification, which usually involved filing teeth into distinctive shapes, engraving designs, or drilling holes and ...