Corresponding author of the paper Dr Ana Angelova Volponi, King’s College London, said: “As the field progresses, the integration of such innovative techniques holds the potential to revolutionise dental care, offering sustainable and effective solutions for tooth repair and regeneration.
Growing a tooth is one thing, I wonder how hard integrating it into a mouth will be. These teeth need to integrate with nerves and blood vessels.
The article said placing the cells in the mouth then prompting growth was a possibility. I’m not a dentist or MD but I would think this is the most sensible option? Would love to hear from professionals, itt.
Seems extremely difficult task to connect everything, so they should start just connecting the blood vessels and not connect the nerves at first (or maybe do something else entirely … i see this is London, U.K., … well, they probably have some issues in health care and prevention … i do not know much).
Corresponding author of the paper Dr Ana Angelova Volponi, King’s College London, said: “As the field progresses, the integration of such innovative techniques holds the potential to revolutionise dental care, offering sustainable and effective solutions for tooth repair and regeneration.
Growing a tooth is one thing, I wonder how hard integrating it into a mouth will be. These teeth need to integrate with nerves and blood vessels.
The article said placing the cells in the mouth then prompting growth was a possibility. I’m not a dentist or MD but I would think this is the most sensible option? Would love to hear from professionals, itt.
Seems extremely difficult task to connect everything, so they should start just connecting the blood vessels and not connect the nerves at first (or maybe do something else entirely … i see this is London, U.K., … well, they probably have some issues in health care and prevention … i do not know much).