In the history of teeth, perhaps no tooth is as famous as the saber tooth. These long, blade-like canines seem almost perfectly optimized to kill prey. They've evolved at least five times in ...

But scientists are working on an alternative: lab-grown human teeth that could one day replace damaged ones. Pamela Yelick and Weibo Zhang at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston ...

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.

But researchers may be on track to developing a way to grow new, living teeth replacements. In a paper published in late December, a team at Tufts University reported having successfully grown ...

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Enamel is the protective outer layer of your teeth. Your teeth lose minerals in a process called demineralization, which happens as you eat and drink throughout the day. You are exposed to mouth ...

The green, orange and red colors represent the preserved teeth, while the blue represent missing ones and the purple teeth have not been recovered. ESRF / Paul Tafforeau, Vincent Beyrand Unlike ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A study out of Japan showed how targeting genes can regrow teeth in animals. Now, the team has turned to a human clinical trial.

Building off work published late last year in ACS Macro Letters, a team at King’s College London is developing methods for lab-grown replacement teeth and fillings made from human cells.