We are now working to try and identify a simple way of getting mesenchyme.

BBC: Researchers grow teeth from gum cells

The next step will be to get an easily accessible source of human mesenchyme cells and grow enough of them for it to be a useful technique in the clinic.

BBC: Researchers grow teeth from gum cells

Study leader Prof Paul Sharpe said mesenchyme cells could be found in the pulp of wisdom teeth, among other sources, but the difficulty had been in getting hold of enough of them.

BBC: Researchers grow teeth from gum cells