“Each lozenge deposits several micrometers of new enamel on the teeth via the peptide, which is engineered to bind to the damaged enamel to repair it while not affecting the mouth’s soft tissue.”
Enamel doesn’t grow back, which is why dentists drill and fill. A peptide lozenge that lays down new enamel would gut a big chunk of that business. So far it has been tested on extracted teeth and live rats. The team is already talking to corporate partners, and the pitch leads with whitening, because that is what sells.