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> absorbed by the tooth and assimilated into it (like happens with baby teeth)

I'm confused. What happens with baby teeth?

> Then cover it up with a cap that can be later removed.

And come back in a few days later when the tooth and the one it meets hurt unbearably. You can't really put a cap on a tooth without grinding away a bunch of enamel first. The cap will make the tooth thicker and cause it to take all the pressure when biting.

I do wish our dental treatments didn't seem so middle ages, though. Drill a hole and fill it with epoxy. :\ That sounds like an appropriate way to fix a boat, not living tissue.




>> I'm confused. What happens with baby teeth?

The roots are used as material for the permanent tooth under it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_resorption


Unless I'm missing something, the baby tooth roots aren't really absorbed into the new tooth. The body absorbs the baby roots, but they aren't directly incorporated into the adult teeth. Rather the pressure from the adult teeth causes the baby roots to be absorbed.

Correct me if I'm misunderstanding, though.




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