The team of pioneering Japanese researchers, led by Katsu Takahashi, is making remarkable strides toward developing a drug ...

A tooth grew successfully in a mouse with congenital ... When one of these bones breaks, they have the remarkable ability to heal and regrow themselves. Teeth, on the other hand, do not share ...

However, if you still wish you could regrow a tooth, there may be a way in the future. Using lasers and drugs, scientists have helped rats and mice regrow damaged tissue in cavity-ridden teeth.

The ability to naturally regrow dental tissue could transform dentistry ... exposing the interior of the tooth underneath. They exposed dentin, which is the harder-than-bone but softer-than ...

Rodent tooth cavity preparation exposes pulp-dentin stem cells for laser treatments. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the May 28, 2014, issue of Science Translational Medicine ...

If a part of your tooth chips off, your dentist will attempt to stick the pieces back together with some type of adhesive. If too much of your tooth breaks off, they will grind it down further ...