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A tiny protein that restores tooth enamel. (sciworthy.com)

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Dental researchers coated damaged cows’ teeth with an enamel binding peptide and soaked them in a mineral solution to reform their protective outer layer.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 days ago

That’s really interesting.

I’ve had a toothpaste ingredient called Novamin on my radar for a while now - it is not widely available in the U.S. and there’s some question as to it’s efficacy over regular toothpaste, but I’ve used it to more or less permanently address tooth sensitivity issues - so I’m a believer.

If this peptide could be used to boost the binding between calcium and phosphorus and your teeth, perhaps it could work in concert with regular toothpaste or novamin-containing toothpastes to help rebuild teeth that are weak or have small amounts of damage.