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[+] 122 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Just from that, it seems like its a patch job, not capable of regrowing from zero.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    My guess is that they can slowly regrow lost enamel under fillings, slowly build back up later by layer until a filling is no longer needed. What would be amazing is a cure for gum disease.

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  • [–] 82 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Hell yeah. I'm gonna overuse this shit and just have 2 gigantic teeth. One on the top and one on the bottom. No more flossing for me. Fuse those bad boys together. I'll have the smile of an N64 game character.

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  • [–] 224 points 1 year ago (20 children)

    "Dental enamel has a unique structure, which gives enamel its remarkable properties that protect our teeth throughout life against physical, chemical, and thermal insults," said lead author Dr. Abshar Hasan

    This man doesn't just disapprove of people mistreating their teeth, he is personally insulted by it. A true dentist.

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    I could never ever work in that field, it gives me the ick. So I appreciate people who can.

    Also enamel is the hardest substance in your body; AFAIK chemically it is indeed interesting and hard (ha) to emulate with other bio-safe materials.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    But will it allow us to create new body armors, is what I want to know.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I could never ever work in that field, it gives me the ick. So I appreciate people who can.

    It's almost as bad being married to someone that works in that field.

    My wife is a dental hygienist. Some of the horrific shit she sends me would turn your stomach. And then the experiences she's had working on teeth... Just so so gross. 🤮🤮

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    Got a photo one time when we were dating.. was hoping for tits. Nope tooth root and all. It fell out when she cleaned the years of solidified shit off it.

    Granted she was in public health in a poor poor poor community but still. Gross.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Oh, man, that reminds me of one time when I cracked a tooth and couldn't get in to see the dentist for a while. Cleaning the whatever out of the inside was so gross in smell, taste, and feeeeel, and so incredibly painful.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago
    [–] 76 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    I no longer get excited about medical innovation because I know I'll never be able to afford to benefit from any of it. I'm lucky to have gotten vaccinated as a child while that was still legal for the poors

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  • [+] 35 points 1 year ago (13 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    There was a new development in japan less than a year ago. Downside is all your teeth fall out and all regrow

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I'm sorry, I thought you said there was a downside.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You think teething and a soft food diet isn't a downside? Any time I have anything done that requires soft food, I'm craving solid food within like three days. It sucks.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    its possible now but the world is pretty fucked. we can already reduce aging too and reverse it, we have cancer treatments that have near 100 percent success rates for many cancers, and many of these developments were only in recent years but when you watch how much gets done without making it into actual hospitals because of shitass companies and practices it makes you feel a little concerned if any of that will really have an impact, especially when everything is already burning anyway.....

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No offense, but unless you have some sort of condition like not growing enamel, what have you been doing for your teeth to be that bad at not even 50? Chewing on anvils and flossing with barbed wire?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Chemo, Bruxism, Shitty genetics, mental health often leads to poor hygiene, sports or injuries can fuck you.

    Bigger question is why you're choosing to be an A-grade arsehole over it.

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    [–] 58 points 1 year ago (23 children)

    I've heard of stuff like this for well over a decade. Seems like there's a new article about teeth regrowth every month, either enamel or full teeth. Still waiting on real results.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's the new new battery tech!

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's a subject that targets people's deep-seated insecurities. Everybody wants a tooth that can regenerate when they first discover a cavity for themselves.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    The teeth regrowth thing was only two years ago.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    At this point it's a race between teeth, fusion and GTA 6. Place your bets, people.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    I fully believe most dentists would rather kill the inventor of whoever lets us regrow teeth for cheap than let it come to the light of day

    Change my mind.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Dentists make a lot more money off of major repairs and general maintenance than they do by replacing teeth entirely.

    Oral surgeons on the other hand do make money off major repairs to damaged teeth or teeth replacements. I know people often call anyone who works on teeth a dentist, but technically they are different professions.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Huh? If you could regrow a teeth with a simple solution then they would not make money off of anything except pulling them out, and prescribing luxury bone juice.

    I sure af would not waste money fixing teeth I could just regrow, especially if it can regrow in place as this article suggests without the awkward missing tooth phase.

    It would be like rotors on cars. Nobody resurfaces them anymore - they just replace because replacing has become so cheap that there is no point.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    But you do replace your brake pads before the wear out completely instead of just letting them grind your rotors, right?

    Most dentist visits are like oil changes and vehicle checks to make sure things aren't going to fail catastrophically.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    implants are a niche industry though, not related to general dentistry, its considered cosmetic. so its very EXPENSIVE for implants, per tooth can be thousands(3-6k or more) they would have to go toa cosmetic dentist if they want "replacement teeth, aka implants". I only ever went to an oral surgeon for bottom wisdom tooth extraction.

    plus there is one that is orifacial, which works on the jaw/ teeth, if you have a severe prognathism or overbite/underbit they can consider surgery combined with some dental procedures beforehand. i have prognathism but i never got surgery for it, wish i did when i was younger.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have had four teeth replaced with the oral surgeon doing the screw and the dentist did the crowns. Yes it is expensive, but reasonably common, and partially covered by dental insurance.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    luckily i had root canals and dont need extractions than implants, if you try to get implants on the "cheap" like less than a few thousands you wont get results, i had a family member get1 tooth for 6k, while my parents getting theres for 2-3k, not very good results, plus advertising as using new "tech"

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Finally, my dream of making teeth anywhere you can imagine could be realized.

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  • [–] 75 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    FINALLY vaginadentata won’t just be a pipe dream.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Teeth growing inside tumors is already a thing. Just grow some tumors.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Imagine if teeth were like antlers where they emerge covered in skin that's ripped off every year

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It would be really incredible if they can manage to make this an OTC offering. This is huge.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    After reading that article, this feels like something that I would want a trained professional to oversee.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    No, I shall grow myself an enamel tusk!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Someone will 100% create two big uniteeth.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I kind of wanted to make a Tiktok series that was how many days of brushing my teeth with nano hydroxyapatite calcium powder will it take until they are two solid Uni teeth like a cartoon?

    Because if it's really the same thing as what teeth are made of, how does it know where the end of the enamel is? Shouldn't your teeth keep adding mass?

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  • When I can access it, I'll be happy.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Hopefully in the right place.

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