Over the last five years scientists at King’s College London have been investigating a method of stimulating natural tooth repair by activating cells in the tooth to make new dentine. In a paper published today in the Journal of Dental Research, they have found further positive evidence that the method has the potential to be translated into a direct clinical approach.
When teeth suffer damage either by decay or trauma, there are three layers that may be affected:
the outer enamel,dentine...
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