▲ 847 ▼ Breakthrough gel can regenerate tooth enamel within weeks (newatlas.com) submitted 1 year ago by Domino to c/technology@lemmy.world 132 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] turdas@suppo.fi 13 points 1 year ago (7 children) The teeth regrowth thing was only two years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago* (6 children) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2014.00036/full It's been in the works for over ten years. Here is a paper on research into it from 2014. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3000521/ Here's another one from 2010. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1882761608000070#cesec60 And another from 2008. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) At this point it's a race between teeth, fusion and GTA 6. Place your bets, people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I bet GTA 6, if only because those investors are going to be more bloodthirsty about it coming out eventually. Teeth and fusion need approval to be safe from the...government... I withdraw my bet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago GTA6 is far more achievable. Like it doesn't even matter what they release, that would qualify. To get this out of the lab, it would have to actually work. And fusion really isn't happening for decades. permalink fedilink source parent [–] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) thats how research works unfortunately permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Absolutely, which was my point. That the tooth thing wasn't "only two years ago" it's actually been in the research and development process for probably over 15 years at this point, with a long way to go. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* The slow roll on this is disappointing. Bad teeth majorly impact quality and length of life. Not to mention the escalating costs.It's a half trillion dollar industry, which is over $1500/year per American. And that's not counting dental surgery, orthodontics, etc. https://www.ada.org/resources/research/health-policy-institute/dental-practice-research/economic-impact-of-dental-offices permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago* (6 children) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2014.00036/full It's been in the works for over ten years. Here is a paper on research into it from 2014. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3000521/ Here's another one from 2010. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1882761608000070#cesec60 And another from 2008. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) At this point it's a race between teeth, fusion and GTA 6. Place your bets, people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I bet GTA 6, if only because those investors are going to be more bloodthirsty about it coming out eventually. Teeth and fusion need approval to be safe from the...government... I withdraw my bet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago GTA6 is far more achievable. Like it doesn't even matter what they release, that would qualify. To get this out of the lab, it would have to actually work. And fusion really isn't happening for decades. permalink fedilink source parent [–] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) thats how research works unfortunately permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Absolutely, which was my point. That the tooth thing wasn't "only two years ago" it's actually been in the research and development process for probably over 15 years at this point, with a long way to go. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* The slow roll on this is disappointing. Bad teeth majorly impact quality and length of life. Not to mention the escalating costs.It's a half trillion dollar industry, which is over $1500/year per American. And that's not counting dental surgery, orthodontics, etc. https://www.ada.org/resources/research/health-policy-institute/dental-practice-research/economic-impact-of-dental-offices permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) At this point it's a race between teeth, fusion and GTA 6. Place your bets, people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I bet GTA 6, if only because those investors are going to be more bloodthirsty about it coming out eventually. Teeth and fusion need approval to be safe from the...government... I withdraw my bet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago GTA6 is far more achievable. Like it doesn't even matter what they release, that would qualify. To get this out of the lab, it would have to actually work. And fusion really isn't happening for decades. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I bet GTA 6, if only because those investors are going to be more bloodthirsty about it coming out eventually. Teeth and fusion need approval to be safe from the...government... I withdraw my bet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago GTA6 is far more achievable. Like it doesn't even matter what they release, that would qualify. To get this out of the lab, it would have to actually work. And fusion really isn't happening for decades. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago GTA6 is far more achievable. Like it doesn't even matter what they release, that would qualify. To get this out of the lab, it would have to actually work. And fusion really isn't happening for decades. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) thats how research works unfortunately permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Absolutely, which was my point. That the tooth thing wasn't "only two years ago" it's actually been in the research and development process for probably over 15 years at this point, with a long way to go. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Absolutely, which was my point. That the tooth thing wasn't "only two years ago" it's actually been in the research and development process for probably over 15 years at this point, with a long way to go. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* The slow roll on this is disappointing. Bad teeth majorly impact quality and length of life. Not to mention the escalating costs.It's a half trillion dollar industry, which is over $1500/year per American. And that's not counting dental surgery, orthodontics, etc. https://www.ada.org/resources/research/health-policy-institute/dental-practice-research/economic-impact-of-dental-offices permalink fedilink source parent