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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
When I was a teenager it was announced that we would soon be able to stimulate the growth of brand new teeth, right in the mouth. I'm almost 50 and I need some new fuckin' teeth real soon.
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.....
There was a new development in japan less than a year ago. Downside is all your teeth fall out and all regrow
I'm sorry, I thought you said there was a downside.
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.
It didn't sound like a big deal, but somehow you just instilled in me an existential dread of having no teeth to enjoy solid foods when craving some.
Well you can still cut it into small pieces for minimal chewing. Last time I couldn't have solid food at all.
Given the state of my teeth, I'm not far from that anyway.
Tooth fairy isn’t unionized.
She's ionized?
The problem is those new teeth were soft with no enamel. This could address that. Either way, no insurance will cover this and it will cost a fortune.
My teeth already have no enamel so I'm game.
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?
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.
Playing hockey?
Bruxism. Why, what's wrong with you? Sheesh.
If this is legit and dental industry doesn’t try to drown it in a bathtub I’ll be fucking shocked.
Just ignore all those famous exceptions.
When you zoom out, the invariant story of capitalism is exactly the opposite. Capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction.