Japanese Researchers Plan to Test Drug for Growing Teeth

Japanese researchers plan to begin testing a drug designed to grow teeth in people with hypodontia. Practical use will start in six years. The developed medication affects tooth buds - formations of dental tissue located in the oral cavity. Often, they cease development and eventually disappear. It is assumed that the drug suppresses the action of a protein that stops the process of their development, as a result of which the formed tooth buds will be able to replace unerupted or fallen out teeth.