A video featuring a man from Florida enticing an alligator towards a boat to crack open a beer can has gone viral across various social media platforms. The footage shows the man reaching over the ...

"Alligator teeth are implanted in sockets of the dental bone, like human teeth," said Ping Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology at the Keck School of Medicine and first author of the study.

Could this gator’s teeth hold clues for regenerating humans’ pearly whites? Photo by Flickr user montuschi Humans drew the short end of the toothbrush when it comes to our pearly whites’ longevity.