People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants. Unlike reptiles and fish ...

TOKYO – People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, said Japanese dentists testing a drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants. Unlike reptiles and fish ...

Handout/Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital/AFP People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative ...

Unlike reptiles and fish, which usually replace their fangs on a regular basis, it is widely accepted that humans and most other mammals only grow two sets of teeth ... and in Japan often spend ...

Handout images from the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital show before (top) and after images of the regrowth of teeth in a ferret (centre) and mice (R and L ...