Off the bat, why don’t we do this already? To better understand what we’re up against in this toothy quest, Dr. Ophir Klein—a professor of orofacial sciences and pediatrics at the University of ...
How close are we to seeing the tooth regeneration breakthrough in everyday dental care? What if your body could just grow a new tooth? Scientists in Japan are working on a discovery that might make ...
In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists at King’s College London have successfully grown human teeth in a laboratory for the first time, offering a glimpse into a future where damaged or missing ...
Scientists in the UK have found keratin, a protein in hair, can rebuild enamel and repair early tooth decay. The discovery could lead to keratin-based toothpaste or dental gels within two to three ...
Losing a tooth can be a frustrating and costly experience. Current solutions like dentures and implants can be expensive, uncomfortable, and require ongoing maintenance. But what if we could regrow ...
Scientists have successfully grown teeth in a lab which they say could pave the way for patients to regrow lost teeth in the future. Researchers at King’s College London say the breakthrough could ...
For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption ...
Tooth loss affects millions around the world, caused by decay, gum disease, injuries, and some diseases. Missing teeth do more than make it hard to chew or talk. They also impact appearance and ...
Teeth function not only because of the hard enamel on the surface, but also because they have roots that anchor them firmly ...
Tideglusib, a drug previously used in Alzheimer’s clinical trials, may boost the natural healing ability of teeth, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. For the study, ...
The research in our laboratory is focused, among others, on developmental biology, with a particular emphasis on the differentiation of dental epithelial and mesenchymal progenitors and the ...