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 ...

Japanese scientists are now testing a new drug that could possibly allow people with missing teeth to grow new ones. This ...

What if, instead, they could regrow their pearly whites, perhaps at a fraction of the cost? Approaches that replace — rather than patch up — teeth with crowns or fillings may be closer than you think.

But many animals don't have this problem. Because they can regrow their teeth replacing old, damaged ones with brand new pearly whites. Wouldn't it be great if you could do that? Well, there's ...

Ever wonder why sharks have so many differently shaped teeth or why they keep regrowing throughout their lives? Dr. David ...

If scientists can understand how pigs regrow and replace teeth so many times, Yelick said, they might be able to regrow teeth in people. In their research, Yelick and her team took soft living ...

making it possible to regrow teeth instead of replacing them with a substitute like porcelain. But even more amazingly, once it's better understood, this same technique could potentially be used ...

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw called the newly developed drug capable of regrowing human teeth an "amazing discovery" that could make dental implants obsolete. Handout images from the Medical Research ...