Pop goes the tooth.

A Japanese company is developing a drug. It could help people grow new teeth. (123RF)
A ferret grew a new tooth. (Toregem Bio Pharma Co.)
Dogs, mice, and ferrets grew new teeth with the drug. (Toregem Bio Pharma Co.)
Did you know that your baby teeth started to form before you were born? Later, adult teeth grow in. (Public domain)
Some people who lose adult teeth wear dentures. Maybe one day, people will be able to regrow teeth instead. (Whitney Curtis/AP)

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Sharks lose teeth. No big deal. They can grow more. Did you lose a tooth? A new one will come. What if grown-ups are missing teeth?

Doctors hope adults can regrow them!

Pray: Thank God for your teeth. They help you chew, speak, and smile!

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Scientists in Japan want to help adults regrow lost teeth. Teeth form from tooth buds in most babies by around six months. Some adults have tooth buds that did not develop. Their bodies stop the buds from making teeth. Scientists made a drug. It helps tooth buds make pearly whites. The drug helped ferrets regrow missing chompers in 2018. Doctors hope to give the drug in 2025 to children who never grew adult teeth.

Solomon compares our chewers to clean, white sheep. “Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes.” (Song of Solomon 4:2)