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 ...

As humans, brushing our teeth daily is one thing we cannot do without, but have you ever wondered why animals who also have teeth do not need to do the same? With humans, we need to clean our teeth ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christina Nicholas, University of Illinois Chicago and David Avenetti, University of ...