Scientists have identified the protein that is responsible for stopping teeth from regenerating and got to work rethinking ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Scientists in Japan are working on a medication to allow humans to grow a third set of teeth. This treatment focuses on a gene responsible for tooth growth and has begun clinical trials.

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 ...