Dentistry is a dismal science. For twenty years I asked dentists when I could get a new tooth grown from a plurepotent stem cell. They all said 'not until I am retired'. Now of course with mRNA CRISPR technology it should be possible to inform every cell in your body that you deserve a whole new set of teeth.
In your case though, bone scaffolding has been possible since 2014.
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https://news.mit.edu › 2014 › bone-repair-treat-injuries-0818
Engineering new bone growth | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of ...
MIT chemical engineers have devised a new implantable tissue scaffold coated with bone growth factors that are released slowly over a few weeks. When applied to bone injuries or defects, this coated scaffold induces the body to rapidly form new bone that looks and behaves just like the original tissue.
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