3. Take a Medication
Dentists are really excited about the possibility of using a medication to spur stem cells within dental pulp to grow more dentin, which is the bony tissue underneath your enamel.
An experimental drug called Tideglusib has a really silly name but a lot of potential to do just that. Currently in trials for use with Alzheimer’s patients, the FDA could fast track the additional indication for dental use.
Currently, when the dentist finds a cavity, he or she drills out the decayed material and then fills the whole with a substance called amalgam. It’s a good enough solution except that the filling can sometimes fall out, and the amalgam contains small amounts of harmful mercury.
While using Tideglusib wouldn’t avoid needing to have the decayed portion of your tooth drilled, the tooth could then close the hole itself in a way that is completely integrated with the tooth, rather than glued in.