{"id":169457,"date":"2023-08-11T08:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/a-drug-for-regrowing-teeth-could-be-available-within-the-next-decade"},"modified":"2023-08-11T08:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:22:33","slug":"a-drug-for-regrowing-teeth-could-be-available-within-the-next-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/a-drug-for-regrowing-teeth-could-be-available-within-the-next-decade","title":{"rendered":"A Drug For Regrowing Teeth Could Be Available Within The Next Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-drug-for-regrowing-teeth-could-be-available-within-the-next-decade2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teeth don\u2019t grow back once we become adults: any wear and tear is permanent \u2013 as those of us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/having-more-than-8-fillings-might-increase-mercury-levels-in-your-blood\">with fillings<\/a> will know \u2013 which is why it\u2019s important to keep them as clean and healthy as we can.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is something scientists are now looking to change.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/clinical-trials\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">clinical trials<\/a> for a potential tooth regrowth treatment are set to begin in July 2024, building on decades of research in the field. If those trials are successful, therapeutic drugs could be available by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teeth don\u2019t grow back once we become adults: any wear and tear is permanent \u2013 as those of us with fillings will know \u2013 which is why it\u2019s important to keep them as clean and healthy as we can. However, this is something scientists are now looking to change. It\u2019s been announced that clinical trials [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}