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 ...

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Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

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If you’ve ever felt like your teeth aren’t as strong as they used to be — or like no one warned you how much adult dental care really costs — you’re not imagining things. More and more young adults ...