There’s a special type of pain when something that is just too cold hits your teeth. This pain is so visceral, medical textbooks written throughout human history have recounted tales of a “tooth worm, ...

Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth's dentin, have a newly discovered function: Sensing cold, which can trigger pain in teeth; but scientists have also found a way to block the pathway to ...

Tooth-worm's elusive identity revealed - it's odontoblasts [Nicholas Spinelli] An international team of scientists has linked the sharp stabbing tooth pain that some of us might experience when eating ...

When inhaling cold air through your teeth sets off a stabbing nerve pain, you know something is wrong. For anyone with sensitive teeth, milkshakes, ice cream and just about anything cold can become a ...

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For people with tooth decay, drinking a cold beverage can be agony. "It's a unique kind of pain," says David Clapham, vice president and chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

A new study reveals that the sensitivity of teeth, which makes them zing in a dentist's chair or ache after biting into something cold, can be traced back to the exoskeletons of ancient, armored fish.

Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function for odontoblasts, the cells that form dentin, the shell beneath the tooth's enamel that encases the soft dental pulp ...

An ion channel called TRPC5 acts as a molecular cold sensor in teeth and could serve as a new drug target for treating toothaches. For people with tooth decay, drinking a cold beverage can be agony.