Grow your own teeth

[Vanden Saab]

Scientists have developed a new drug which will allow you to regrow teeth you have lost. Amazing thing science.

https://newatlas.com/medical/tooth-regrowing-human...

[Oakey]

That's one way to solve the dentist crisis

[r1ch]

That’s quite amazing. Could do with regrowing one, sign me up

[Alex Z]

That could be handy

[Super Sonic]

Slightly or, but I've been looking for a song by the Fall called 'Show Your Teeth' anyone know what album it's from? Apologies for the thread hijack.

[konark]

Meh, I could do that when I was ten.

[Drawweight]

One thing I regret (okay one amongst many) is not looking after my teeth.

By the time you realise it’s probably too late.

[768]

Strengthening bone in the existing set too, sounds significant.

[Derek Smith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6g1I37_r1E

[Rough101]

How does it know where to grow them?

[Donbot]

Rough101 said:

How does it know where to grow them?

Could make wiping difficult.

[GliderRider]

How does the body know when to stop, in either size, length or quantity, if it is getting instructions from the drug?
Will I have to get my wisdom teeth out again?

[Vanden Saab]

Rough101 said:

How does it know where to grow them?

How did your body know where to grow them when you were getting your adult teeth?

[Radec]

Good to see they've finally got to the root of the problem.

[Gareth79]

Rough101 said:

How does it know where to grow them?

"Unfortunately sir, due to an oversight, your body is now growing a full set of teeth within your pancreas"

[Oliver Hardy]

Vanden Saab said:

How did your body know where to grow them when you were getting your adult teeth?

I have no idea, guessing the drug would be an injection into the area where the tooth needs to grow

But if they can grow teeth then they can grow bone, cartilage and so on?

[fido]

Oliver Hardy said:

But if they can grow teeth then they can grow bone, cartilage and so on?

This sounds like it is specific to adult teeth. Humans have two sets of teeth because a child's jaw is too small to fit adult teeth.

[Oakey]

fido said:

This sounds like it is specific to adult teeth. Humans have two sets of teeth because a child's jaw is too small to fit adult teeth.

[RSTurboPaul]

Oakey said:

fido said:

This sounds like it is specific to adult teeth. Humans have two sets of teeth because a child's jaw is too small to fit adult teeth.

That looks... unusual...

[Vanden Saab]

fido said:

Oliver Hardy said:

But if they can grow teeth then they can grow bone, cartilage and so on?

This sounds like it is specific to adult teeth. Humans have two sets of teeth because a child's jaw is too small to fit adult teeth.

According to the link we have an inhibitor that stops us growing more teeth, this drug blocks the inhibitor so new teeth grow.