Pexels But what if, instead of needing that expensive (and often uncomfortable) dental work, you could regrow your teeth ...

Scientists in the U.K. have developed a new material that may allow them to grow teeth in the lab, which could provide an alternative to fillings and dental implants someday.

The idea of growing teeth in a lab has vague horror movie connotations, but it could serve a real, practical, non-scary purpose – in replacing cavities and damaged teeth – and new research gets us ...

Building off work published late last year in ACS Macro Letters, a team at King’s College London is developing methods for lab-grown replacement teeth and fillings made from human cells.

Lab-grown teeth could offer a natural alternative to fillings and implants by allowing adults to regenerate their own teeth. This approach uses a special material that enables cell communication ...

The breakthrough could help patients who have lost their teeth by offering an alternative to fillings or dental implants. The team of researchers at King's College, in collaboration with Imperial ...