Sep 30
You know how your mom always told you take care of your teeth? Well, no more! Thanks to technology you won’t have to brush or floss ever again! Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have devised a way to reattach teeth to the jaw using stem cells.
The experiments took the stem cells of mice and used them to reattach rat molars to the jaws of gummy rodents. Between two and four months later the teeth grew new fibrous attachments between the tooth and bone, firmly adhering them to the rat’s jaw complete with new tooth growth.
This is a big advancement that could help millions. Aside from the usual suspects of tooth loss in the contact sport world, it could help those who suffer from tooth loss at the hands of gum disease or other ailments.
So, eat that chocolate bar, down that soda, and play that hockey without a mouth guard. Thanks to science, teeth are the new hair.
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