The idea of regrowing lost teeth is fabulous. A study focusing on a tooth regeneration treatment came out last year, but I just read about the study in Popular Mechanics and Dentistry Today.
The Japanese scientists pointed out that humans already have a third set of teeth available in their mouths as buds, and these have the potential to grow as needed. Some people with hyperdontia can already grow more than one full set of teeth (about 1% of the population). The scientists are now working on how to promote tooth regrowth by using an experimental drug.
Human trials are now ongoing. They hope to have a tooth-growing treatment available for general use by 2030. Stay tuned...
From Popular mechanics: Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
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- While bones can regrow themselves when they break, teeth aren’t so lucky, and that leads to millions of people worldwide suffering from some form of edentulism, a.k.a. toothlessness.
- Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials.
- If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of toothlessness sometime around 2030.
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