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Can we engineer human teeth?

Flame Health Dentistry are intrigued to hear that human teeth can be engineered to regenerate – thanks to the world's most poisonous fish!
British scientists believe the beak of a pufferfish provides a model for creating a system of continuous tooth replacement in humans.
Project leader, Dr Gareth Fraser, of the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield said:
'The pufferfish beak is completely unique. The main thing is we can use it to identify the gene network for tooth replacement. We can see how nature makes new teeth and about the genes that govern that process.'
Flame Health will be following this study!

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