This just in from the British Dental Journal. Link:  British Dental Journal

A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, in a joint effort with international researchers have discovered a way to strengthen and remineralize eroded enamel in a way that matches natural tooth structure.  Applied as a gel in much the same way fluoride is applied to teeth, the formula creates a scaffold that attracts calcium and phosphate ions from saliva to create a crystalline structure that mimics natural enamel and can fill holes, heal cracks, and strengthen teeth.  It can be applied on top of exposed dentin (the bulk of the tooth that lives under the enamel and surrounds the pulp) to grow a new enamel like layer to protect the tooth.  According to Dr. Abshar Hasan, the leading author of the University of Nottingham study, the epitaxially grown enamel appears to have the same hardness and wear resistance as natural enamel.  Read more here: New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair | British Dental Journal

Dr. Hasan is also the co-founder and head of research at Mintech-Bio, the company that is developing this enamel-building gel for its official launch, currently projected to be within the next year: Mintech-Bio: Advanced Dental Enamel Regeneration Technology

Are there other experimental dental technologies in the works?  Absolutely, although they are further away from delivering their technology to the human public. 

Regenerating teeth in the lab or “in situ” (in the jaw directly) using stem cells to activate, organize and orchestrate the formation of raw tooth matter (buds) into the actual bone, roots, crowns and pulp that make up a tooth is still in its early phases, but here is an article to read on that if you want a glimpse at the future: Sci-Tech Daily  Scientists Discover Stem Cells That Could Regenerate Teeth and Bone

There is also an exciting study in Japan looking at how to activate growth of a 3^rd set of teeth in humans.  The human study is based on research done on mice in which it was discovered that by blocking the production of USAG-1 protein with a drug, mice were able to grow new teeth. Click the link for more info: Dentistry Today  Researchers in Japan Discover Medicine Capable of Regrowing Third Set of Teeth for Humans – Dentistry Today

January 20, 2026