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The other one would be nice is synthetic gums for grafts. Far from teeth, should be one of the easier things. Lot of research on that one. Just goes to show ho
by Ericson2314 6y ago
The other one would be nice is synthetic gums for grafts. Far from teeth, should be one of the easier things.
Lot of research on that one. Just goes to show how lousy the development part of R&D is these days.
- Teever 6y agoThe issue with periodontal tissue as I understand it revolves around a relatively complicated protein scaffold that binds the gums to the teeth. Growing tissue like gums is relatively straight forward -- we do something similar with skin for burns but the actual physical structure that bonds the soft tissue to the hard teeth is complicated to produce and apply in practice.