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growing-fake-teeth-3If only we were like sharks -- or perhaps like ourselves as kindergartners. But alas, when a full grown human loses a full grown tooth there are only two options - dentures or dental implants. Until now - that is! Researchers at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at Columbia University Medical Center have pioneered a technology that may allow us to regrow our own teeth, in our own mouths, as adults. The technique involves implanting a tooth scaffolding in the mouth of a patient and redirecting stem cells in the patient's body to regenerate the tooth right where it was in the first place.1
growing-fake-teeth-2If only we were like sharks -- or perhaps like ourselves as kindergartners. But alas, when a full grown human loses a full grown tooth there are only two options - dentures or dental implants. Until now - that is! Researchers at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at Columbia University Medical Center have pioneered a technology that may allow us to regrow our own teeth, in our own mouths, as adults. The technique involves implanting a tooth scaffolding in the mouth of a patient and redirecting stem cells in the patient's body to regenerate the tooth right where it was in the first place.2
growing-fake-teeth-1If only we were like sharks -- or perhaps like ourselves as kindergartners. But alas, when a full grown human loses a full grown tooth there are only two options - dentures or dental implants. Until now - that is! Researchers at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at Columbia University Medical Center have pioneered a technology that may allow us to regrow our own teeth, in our own mouths, as adults. The technique involves implanting a tooth scaffolding in the mouth of a patient and redirecting stem cells in the patient's body to regenerate the tooth right where it was in the first place.3
