Snus linked to gum damage but tooth decay risk unclear
Snus is clearly linked to damage to the gums. The connection to tooth decay, however, remains unclear, according…
Father jailed in Waikato child neglect case: baby tested positive for meth and boy had rotten teeth
The decision states that the baby boy failed to put on weight after he was born, despite help…
Foxton farmer Rod Smith’s inquest after fire death probes hospital transfer decisions
Describing events that day, she’d told a doctor her husband had come home, changed his clothes and returned…
Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe
Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in…
New strategy targets Porphyromonas gingivalis without harming healthy microbes
For years, treating gum disease has meant scraping away plaque, cutting out damaged tissue or turning to antibiotics…
Hospitality worker had front teeth broken in customer assault as research shows customer abuse has doubled in a year
It found that more than a third of Kiwi hospitality and tourism workers experienced bullying and harassment by…
Taxi driver ‘Thappi’ guilty of threatening behaviour towards other drivers at Queenstown Airport
The taxis leave the staging area one at a time, with one taxi per lane entering at a…
307-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Plant-Eating Land Vertebrate Found in Canada
Tyrannoroter heberti, a new species of pantylid ‘microsaur’ from the Carboniferous period, shows that some of Earth’s earliest…
Mt Albert Aquatic Centre hydroslide accident leaves boy facing lifelong dental damage
“Mason was going down the hydroslide when, just before the dark part of the tunnel, his head got…
Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
Image credits: Marcelo Cidrack. A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide…
Researchers Sequence Genome of 200,000-Year-Old Denisovan
A research team led by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology scientists has generated the high-quality genome assembly…
Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago
In 2009, paleoanthropologists found eight bones from the foot of an ancient human ancestor in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at…