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Inducing Teeth to Heal their own Cavities - Yazata - Jan 10, 2017 Experiments with an Alzheimer's disease drug performed at Kings College London have shown that it seemingly has the ability to induce teeth to repair their own cavities. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38524566 Little pieces of bio-degradable sponge soaked with the drug were placed inside cavities in mice teeth. Then a sealant was placed on top. The drug appears to have stimulated stem-cells in the tooth pulp to fill the cavity with new enamel as the sponge was absorbed. If this result can be replicated in humans, it might end up making fillings obsolete. RE: Inducing Teeth to Heal their own Cavities - Magical Realist - Jan 10, 2017 Great. You'll have perfect teeth but you just won't remember anything. RE: Inducing Teeth to Heal their own Cavities - C C - Jan 11, 2017 Predictably, the steamship is invented and commissioned for duty long after one spent months and months slugging along in the hold of a cramped vessel beholden to the vagaries of the wind. RE: Inducing Teeth to Heal their own Cavities - elte - Jan 12, 2017 I wonder how much of a tooth it will possible to restore. My teeth could use a lot of rebuilding. |