Human tooth regrowth trials are underway in Japan, raising hopes that missing teeth could one day grow back naturally.

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Most people lose a tooth and accept it as a permanent loss. You visit the dentist, explore your options, and leave having been told you have two choices: an implant or a denture. The idea that a ...

Losing teeth has meant artificial replacements for centuries. Japanese researchers at Kyoto University Hospital are changing that with human trials of a drug that regrows natural teeth. By 2030, ...

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"Primary teeth provide a unique timeline of early life," Dr. Synnøve Stokke Jensen at the University of Bergen says. "They ...