Elastin-like Recombinamers Enable Regrowth of Damaged Enamel

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/11/elastin-like-recombinamers-enable-regrowth-of-damaged-enamel/

Provoking regrowth of tooth enamel by mimicking some of its structure appears to be a going concern in dental research, if judging from this paper and another similar approach using keratin. At the high level, the idea is to coat damaged enamel with material that encourages the chemical mineralization process that takes place during enamel formation. Interestingly, the specific molecular structures demonstrated here allow this process to take place even when applied to exposed dentin. We can hope that cavities and fillings will soon enough be a thing of the past.

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