A protein that quietly suppresses tooth growth may hold the key to regrowing teeth in adults, according to a line of research that has moved from mouse models to the doorstep of human clinical trials.

Everyone is familiar with losing teeth because we all do it his children. However, once we become adults, tooth loss can create a significant problem. While children have adult teeth that come in to ...

Finally, in the early days, dental implants were an inconsistent and unproven treatment option. But that didn't deter Paul Schnitman, DDS, MSD, from learning everything he could about them -- ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are specific conditions that need to be met for the drug to regrow teeth — it might not spontaneously grow new teeth in just any person who takes it. A rumor has circulated online since at least ...

Jason Morgan needs an implant. But like many dental implant candidates, his jaw bone is not strong enough to support it. The 34-year-old man's maxillary molar has been missing so long the bone has ...

Researchers at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, have innovated a technique to track bone development, growth dynamics and healing in a mouse model. In their paper, "Spatiotemporal monitoring of ...

Maybe it was a bar fight. Maybe a hockey puck. Maybe it was the result of an ill-considered bet. For whatever reason, there’s a gaping, whistling hole where your two front teeth used to be. These days ...