# An End to Gumjobs?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-gumjobs/487222 "2009-02-24T17:08:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-gumjobs/487222/1 "2009-02-24T17:08:29Z")

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[Grow your own teef!](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7907192.stm)

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> Scientists believe they have found a way to grow teeth in the laboratory, a discovery that could put an end to fillings and dentures.
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> The US team from Oregon have located the gene responsible for the growth of enamel, the hard outer layer of teeth which cannot grow back naturally.
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> Other scientists are already growing the inner parts of teeth in animals - but they have no hard enamel coatings.

I’ve always heard that once you have a woman with no teeth, you’ll never go back. I’m not sure, however, if that means you’ll never go back to _her_, or if you’ll never go back to women _with_ teeth.