The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the work.

So far, Hamzeloua reported, the scientists exploring this technology have grown teeth in a lab and implanted them in different animals — first rats, and now miniature pigs. With Ozlo ...

Professor Pamela Yelick from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston said that while the teeth were "not perfect" in shape or size, the end product of the lab-grown gnashers will ...