Lost a tooth 🦷? Don't cry , just grow one !

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Human teeth , we all are aware that it grow only twice a life .

First - baby teeth which is also called deciduous teeth they roughly erupt from 6-3 years .

Second- permanent teeth they erupt at the age of 6-7 yrs to 12-13 yrs .

But what if the person does not grow the teeth .

There developmental dental anomalies.

HYPODONTIA - a person misses one to six teeth .

OLIGODONTIA - absence of 6 or more permanent teeth.

ANODONTIA - a genetic disorder , complete absence of teeth .

They come under the congenital cases which are related to genetic factors.

There are acquired factors means person who lost tooth due the environmental factors like teeth lost due to decay ,accidents or other factor.

In our body there is a protein called USAG-1 which regulates the tooth development which inhibits tooth growth .

JAPAN have developed an “anti-USAG-1 antibody “ that suppressed the function of USAG-1 .

By administering this antibody , new teeth can grow without stopping the growth of tooth embryo.

Formation of new tooth
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This will be an exciting development.

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Very interesting. This can help people with genetic disorders the most.

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Absolutely

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Yeah …dentistry is at it’s new pace

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Such an insightful and exciting read! The idea of regenerating teeth instead of relying solely on prosthetics truly feels like the future of dentistry. As a dentist, I find the advancements in regenerative science incredibly promising - not just for restoring function, but also for improving patients’ overall quality of life. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves into mainstream clinical practice!

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Tooth regeneration will be one of best invention of dentistry which has capacity to change whole concept of dentistry.

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This will indeed be a great discovery in the field of dentistry.

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It’s really an interesting advancement. Looking forward to know whether the whole set of teeth could be grown or just one.

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Yeah absolutely right

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This is a very big discovery in dentistry and it’s gonna help most of the patients

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Thats a cool thing and well explained

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Great! Even I have read about how stem cells from the dental pulp or the growing dentine have been used to in vitro grow into tooth structures. Although I have not come across any trials as such. But, knowing the importance of preventive dentistry and the measures we take to preserve a natural tooth, this could actually be something revolutionary.

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This is such an exciting frontier of degenerative dentistry​:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Yeah from fillings to growing new teeth

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Dentistry entering it’s regeneration era

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