After weeks of watching your baby drool and fuss, you finally spot that first little tooth bud popping up through the gums. Over the next couple of years, your baby's gummy smile will gradually be ...

All parents can agree that watching your baby’s first teeth come in is a very exciting milestone! To help you keep track of ...

Children are raking in more cash than ever for their primary teeth. As National Tooth Fairy Day approaches, taking place on February 28, dental teams may want to share the going rates for baby teeth ...

Experts are now encouraging parents to consider a new, untraditional way to possibly help their child’s future health by saving their baby’s teeth. Thanks to advancements in technology, STEM cells can ...

For generations, fluoridated drinking water has helped safeguard the teeth of most American children. Yet recently, ...

The dentists we spoke to are all in agreement: swallowing a baby tooth is actually more common than you might think! "Swallowing a loose tooth can be a fairly normal, although sometimes a ...

But if a permanent tooth comes out, it’s a dental emergency that requires swift action. Permanent teeth have the best chance ...

The No. 1 chronic infectious disease affecting children isn’t colds or flu. It’s tooth decay – and it’s contagious. Decay can start as soon as teeth appear in the mouth. By age 5, about 60 percent of ...

Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children's Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research ...

(The Conversation) – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why do people have two sets ...

The concerned mother wrote on Mumsnet that her kid is “so desperate” for more visits from the tooth fairy Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, joined PEOPLE as a ...