Dental Implants Could Feel More Like Real Teeth

Photo: Study co-authors Subhashis Ghosh, Jake Jinkun Chen, and Siddhartha Das in Chen’s lab at Tufts’ Biomedical Research and Public Health Building. Photo credit: Jenna Schad. Article by Genevieve Rajewski. Tufts Now – June 11, 2025. Research article: Scientific Reports.

Each year, millions of people in the U.S. get dental implants as a long-term, natural-looking fix for missing teeth. But traditional implants don’t fully mimic real teeth. Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine recently described a new approach to dental implants that could better replicate how natural teeth feel and function. Their study, published in Scientific Reports, shows early success with both a “smart” implant and a new gentler surgical technique in rodents. […] 

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