Scientists are racing to grow human teeth in the lab

Research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw.
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: How to Become a Teeth Model in 8 Steps

Whether you’ve been complimented on your smile or the dentist is always an easy visit, if you have a perfect set of pearly whites, you may consider sinking your teeth into a modeling career. Champing ...
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Human-like teeth successfully grown in a pig’s mouth

Dental researchers from Tufts University took cells from the dental pulp of a human tooth and mixed them with cells from the enamel of a pig tooth and seeded them onto a “scaffold.” It was then grown ...
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Scientists grew human-like teeth in pigs. Could it lead to living tooth replacements?

Losing a tooth is tough. If we lose the small living structures that help us chew our food, we're left with the options of replacing them with dentures or implants that can be costly. Beyond that, ...