{"id":2426,"date":"2025-04-14T16:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/scientists-grow-human-teeth-in-a-lab-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:10:02","slug":"scientists-grow-human-teeth-in-a-lab-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/scientists-grow-human-teeth-in-a-lab-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists grow human teeth in a lab for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-04-14 16:10:01<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Human teeth have been grown in a laboratory for the first time.<BR><br \/>\nA new study at King&#8217;s College London believes that the breakthrough could lead to people regrowing lost teeth in the future in an alternative to fillings and dental implants.<BR><br \/>\nExperts developed a material that mimics the environment needed for tooth development, enabling cells to send signals and begin forming a tooth.<BR><br \/>\nThe ability to regenerate teeth would be a significant leap forward for dentistry, as humans only have a single set of gnashers from adulthood whereas some animals have the ability to grow teeth back.<BR><br \/>\nXuechen Zhang, a researcher at the university, said: &#8220;Fillings aren&#8217;t the best solution for repairing teeth. Over time, they will weaken tooth structure, have a limited lifespan, and can lead to further decay or sensitivity.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Implants require invasive surgery and a good combination of implants and alveolar bone. Both solutions are artificial and don&#8217;t fully restore natural tooth function, potentially leading to long-term complications.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Lab-grown teeth would naturally regenerate, integrating into the jaw as real teeth. They would be stronger, longer lasting, and free from rejection risks, offering a more durable and biologically compatible solution than fillings or implants.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-04-14 16:10:01 Human teeth have been grown in a laboratory for the first time. A new study at King&#8217;s College London believes that the breakthrough could lead to people regrowing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/2427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}