Smiles, everyone, smiles.
this is one of TWO great new tooth therapies i've been very interested in!
in one, they pack your cavities or cracked tooth or whatever with stem cells and then trigger those stem cells to become tooth cells and your tooth basically heals itself :D
in this one, they basically tell your genes, "hey, remember that bit of genetic code that caused your body to grow a whole new set of teeth when you were like 8 years old? Yeah, run that code again right here" or, more accurately, what they really do is tell your body to temporarily stop running the extra bit of code that prevents you continuously growing new teeth like a shark.
anyway, can you imagine? Right now if you lose an adult tooth, in order to replace it they have to drill into your skull bones and screw in a fake one. In ten years you might be able to just... grow a new one! the future of dentistry is about to be so cool!
https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/research-news/2021-03-31
https://globalnews.ca/news/9984605/tooth-regrowth-drug/amp/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/30/groundbreaking-human-trial-tooth-regeneration-drug/
Fact checked! It's true and researchers hope to have a publicly available therapy by 2030!


















