Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of ...

Instead of getting dentures or implants, people might one day get a shot to grow their own teeth back. This isn’t just about teeth—it’s part of a bigger shift in how we see our bodies.

The ability to grow replacement teeth could one day be a reality. With the discovery of adult stem cells in teeth, say scientists, there is every reason to believe tooth regeneration is possible.

But after our adult teeth grow in, the stem cells die and disappear. To understand why, let's take a journey back in time. To about 320 million years ago, when mammals and reptiles split off.

The world’s first clinical trial of a drug designed to grow teeth will start in September at Kyoto University Hospital, researchers said. A team at the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital ...