Replacing teeth can be a very expensive endeavor, with bills reaching thousands per tooth. Yet, we have all experienced issues with our teeth at some point that required fillings, crowns, or having the tooth pulled out. What if regrowing teeth was an option? Well, as it turns out, there is a chance that it soon will be! If you are wondering how this is possible, keep reading below!

Growing a Third Set of Teeth

For many years, scientists have been searching for approaches that could potentially replace the traditional methods of fixing teeth with fillings or crowns. According to a researcher based in Osaka, Katsu Takahashi, our species once possessed the ability to grow a third set of teeth. His team believes that humans actually still possess the ‘buds’ needed to grow another set of teeth. According to Takahashi, “The number of teeth varied through the mutation of just one gene,” he said. “If we make that the target of our research, there should be a way to change the number of teeth (people have).”