Using advanced sequencing technologies, anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole ...

Learn more about a new technology that is turning ancient teeth into one of archaeology’s most powerful tools. For decades, archaeologists have relied on chemical signatures locked inside ancient ...

Researchers headed by teams at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and at Harvard University, have ...

A nuisance to dentists is now a boon for archaeologists. Researchers have successfully sequenced DNA from fossilized plaque on 700-year-old teeth. Calculus is the only part of your body to fossilize ...

University of Sheffield and University College London researchers have made the first successful detection of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone in bones, teeth and dental calculus, opening a ...

If your teeth feel rough or your gums bleed when brushing, book a professional dental cleaning appointment. The procedure is quick, usually painless, and instantly refreshing. Have you ever noticed a ...