Dear #17789,

if you want to grow a new tooth, all the knowledge you need is within you. Within each tooth's pulp are about 1 million nerve cells, 80 of which are stem cells capable of (a) multiplying, and (b) merging with other cells, in order to form a new tooth.

If you have a peripheral nerve injury, whether it's from a punch in the face or from a dentist's drill, peptides are produced instantly within the central nervous system which deal with the pain and modify the neurological structures affected.

An example of these is galanin: it's expression is normally to control the release of other growth hormones yet during traumatic nerve injury it's expressed 100 times the normal amount: a nerve pathway between the injury and the brain is buried like a time capsule.

Whether or not you really want to uncover it is a personal issue: it's not something everyone really needs to do but if they want to it's all available, and free, thanks to the miracle of nature.

Meditating on how you lost the tooth in the first place is a good start because it teases out excessively strong emotions or even traumas, within the nervous system, both along the nerves and within the brain. The neurological blackness created by anaesthetics can also be given light.

Once the nervous system has dealt with the loss the mind becomes curious about the area. As this curiosity continues, other glands receive signals and modify hormonal activity.

The soul enjoys the notion of perfection.

The front teeth are in the centre of the body and relate to the kidneys according to traditional Chinese medicine. Certain herbs and exercises can help to clear emotional baggage from the kidneys.

A function known as haemopoiesis is the production of blood cells. Problems can occur if the blood becomes too hormone rich without the body being in balance first. Clearing emotional traumas is prerequisite to tooth regeneration, and becoming self sufficient in the mouth, i.e, good gums, good teeth, sufficient space amongst the teeth is also prerequisite.

Nothing written here is 100% guaranteed to be true yet you probably won't find a better synopsis anywhere (please post it here if you meet someone who's regrown a tooth and wants to write about it).

The actual detail of how to do it is raw food, taoism, qi gong, yoga, psychosomatic healing, crystals, traditional Chinese medicine, and whatever else you feel like.

Kind wishes,

Sebastian Reed