Les Jones: Baby Teeth, Adult Teeth, Bonus Teeth!

May 05, 2004

Science > Baby Teeth, Adult Teeth, Bonus Teeth!

There's progress on the ability to grow new teeth.

Instead of false teeth, a small ball of cells capable of growing into a new tooth will be implanted where the missing one used to be.
The procedure needs only a local anaesthetic and the new tooth should be fully formed within a few months of the cells being implanted.

Even if it isn't quite that good (new teeth that are too cheap to meter!) it still sounds good to me, and I still have all 32 of my adult teeth. If I were toothless and old I'd be rallying other AARP members to get Bush and Cheney on the stem cell bandwagon pronto.

Posted by lesjones

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I still have all 32 of my adult teeth.

I've got you beat -- I still have all my adult teeth, AND I still have a baby tooth (one of my adult teeth never came in).

Posted by: ilyich at May 04, 2004

Urp. Me, of course. Damn multiple personalities...

Posted by: Steve K. at May 04, 2004

If I hadn't had that wisdom tooth pulled, I'd still be even with you. Stupid modern medicine.

Urp. Me, of course. Damn multiple personalities...

Steve, I hate to break it you, but I don't think you're cut out to be a double naught spy.

Posted by: Les Jones at May 04, 2004

Can human adults grow and cut teeth again?

Posted by: kittykat at September 07, 2005