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 ...

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 ...

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 ...