Brushing your teeth is not just a daily chore for people on Earth. Good teeth are vital for astronauts in space, but not for reasons you might think. In new video about astronauts and their teeth, the ...

In the otherwise empty Carter Middle School building, a team of five student scientists gathered Sunday to perform an experiment on a tooth that just recently returned to Earth. The experiment ...

Five students from Carter Middle School unsealed a tube containing a human tooth they sent to the International Space Station on Sunday. Back in September the group entered a competition to be a part ...

New York- and Beijing-based artist Xin Liu sent her wisdom tooth into outer space in a custom built, robotic machine as part of an art project, according to an October 28 report in the Los Angeles ...

Dreams of space travel frequently begin with rockets and starry skies, not dental chairs. However, for astronauts, minor and everyday body parts can become severe worries once Earth is far behind.

Diastema refers to a noticeable gap between the teeth that's wider than 0.5 millimeters (0.02 inch). Most commonly, these gaps occur in the front teeth, but diastema can involve the back teeth as well ...

Glass beads, broccoli, severed worms, baby teeth and a whole lot of human spit are flying in space as part of student-designed experiments. On June 29, students watched as the experiments they ...