Finally, in the early days, dental implants were an inconsistent and unproven treatment option. But that didn't deter Paul Schnitman, DDS, MSD, from learning everything he could about them -- ...

Losing a tooth can be a frustrating and costly experience. Current solutions like dentures and implants can be expensive, uncomfortable, and require ongoing maintenance. But what if we could regrow ...

Everyone is familiar with losing teeth because we all do it his children. However, once we become adults, tooth loss can create a significant problem. While children have adult teeth that come in to ...

In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists at King’s College London have successfully grown human teeth in a laboratory for the first time, offering a glimpse into a future where damaged or missing ...

There are specific conditions that need to be met for the drug to regrow teeth — it might not spontaneously grow new teeth in just any person who takes it. A rumor has circulated online since at least ...

Dental pulp injury caused by trauma or deep caries often leads to inflammation, tissue necrosis, and eventual loss of tooth ...

Jason Morgan needs an implant. But like many dental implant candidates, his jaw bone is not strong enough to support it. The 34-year-old man's maxillary molar has been missing so long the bone has ...

Dental pulp regeneration remains a major clinical challenge. Researchers have discovered that SMAD7 directly forms a ...

Paul Sharpe, a bioengineer at King’s College London, and his colleagues discovered a new way regenerate teeth in mice. They have made even more progress that edges this experimental procedure closer ...

Maybe it was a bar fight. Maybe a hockey puck. Maybe it was the result of an ill-considered bet. For whatever reason, there’s a gaping, whistling hole where your two front teeth used to be. These days ...