Scientists are on the verge of a dental miracle.

For more than a century, dentistry has focused on repairing or replacing damaged teeth, not growing new ones. That assumption is now under direct challenge, as Japanese teams move a first-of-its-kind ...

Japanese researchers are attempting to unlock the potential for humans to regrow teeth, aiming for general use of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study out of Japan showed how targeting genes can regrow teeth in animals. Now, the team has turned to a human clinical trial.

The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs. Cut the skin, and the blood will clot over the wound and the healing process begins. Break a bone, and the body will knit it back together as ...

A human trial is underway for a new drug that promises to fix our dental problems from the root up – by regrowing our teeth. If you’re one of the millions of people who have a gaping space in your ...

Tooth loss touches nearly a quarter of adults over 60, and until now the fix has meant implants, dentures or bridges. That could be changing. A Japanese biotech is running human trials right now on a ...

The average adult human body contains 206 bones—the hardened mixtures of calcium, minerals, and collagen that provide the biological scaffolding that walks us through our day. While we may not think ...

The average adult human body contains 206 bones—the hardened mixtures of calcium, minerals, and collagen that provide the biological scaffolding that walks us through our day. While we may not think ...