Now, according to a study published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine, researchers have shown it’s possible to cultivate lab-grown human teeth cells inside of a pig’s mouth.

In a paper published in late December, a team at Tufts University reported having successfully grown human-like teeth in pigs. Pamela Yelick, a professor at the Tufts School of Dental Medicine and ...

Pigs are the unlikely model for this latest research into regenerating human teeth. Image source: agnormark/Adobe In a recent study, Yelick and her team successfully grew human-like teeth in pigs.

The stem cells were implanted in the mandibles, or jaw, of the test pigs and were found to continue to grow, paving the way for a potential new viable method of lab-grown human teeth. The ...

It's good news for anyone with dentures. Because dentists could grow human teeth within the next 20 years, experts predict. Researchers from Tufts University have reported successfully growing ...

With this, we might be one step closer to growing human teeth in a lab in the near future.” Xuechen Zhang, researcher at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, said ...