cm0002Clinical Trials For Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Finally Underway
Captain AggravatedEvery time I read about this, I have to ask: I have had an adult tooth removed and replaced with an implant. I’m scheduled to have another tooth removed (an incisor. I’m currently on a no biting things diet and I’m getting sick of soup). What happens if I take this medicine?
MongosteinBut hidden underneath our gums are the dormant buds of a third generation, according to Katsu Takahashi, head of oral surgery at the Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital in Osaka.
His team launched clinical trials at Kyoto University Hospital in October, administering an experimental medicine to adult test subjects that they say has the potential to jumpstart the growth of these concealed teeth.
What I would infer from this is that you’d regrow the whole set and you can only do it once. You’d either have to have your teeth removed or let them be pushed out. I’m not sure, but it doesn’t sound pleasant.
