Regeneration of Dental Enamel Possible Using New Approach

Avoiding dental caries typically begins with preventing the erosion of tooth enamel. Unfortunately, unlike other tissues of the body, enamel cannot regenerate once it is lost, which can lead to pain and tooth loss. These problems affect more than 50% of the world's population, and so finding ways to recreate enamel has long been a major need in dentistry. Now, investigators at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralized materials that could regenerate hard tissue