Do you think stem cell research will lead to regrowing teeth?!

Do you think stem cell research will lead to regrowing teeth?

If they can manipulate cells to become different organs, do you think in the future we will once again be able to regrow our teeth so it is the natural look when we are older or have had problems?

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f they can manipulate cells to become different organs, do you think in the future we will once again be able to regrow our teeth so it is the natural look when we are older or have had problems?
Also if plastic surgery is the number one surgery why wouldn't oral surgeons and dentist would not want to take advantage and capitalize on it like every other vanity procedure out there?

Yes, tooth regeneration is possible.

The last time I heard about it, research is ongoing at the University of Texas at Austin's Molecular Biology department, where they have actually grown a tooth in a petri dish.

It will be at least 20 years though before tooth regeneration becomes a procedure available to the general public.

The tooth is indeed formed by a "tooth organ." A tooth organ develops from neural tissue in the embryo, and there are various tooth-forming cells in the tooth organ such as ameloblasts (lays down enamel) and odontoblasts (lays down dentin).

We'll see what the future brings. :-D