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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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.
If this is legit and dental industry doesn’t try to drown it in a bathtub I’ll be fucking shocked.
I bet the catch here is it could accidentally grow anywhere in the body as long as it mimics what our mouth has (saliva). Imagine growing enamel in our tongues or throat.
How many times have I read this headline....
Every time you read it it's in a mouse or a petri dish.
I wish they would put that on the headline.
According to the article, they used human teeth from cadavers
There's a big difference between doing something in a lab and mass producing it for millions of people.
Hopefully in the right place.
Behold my new chitinous armour plates!
Congrats, you're now a narwhal
Narwhals, narwhals, swimming in the ocean
Causing a commotion 'cause they are so awesome
How long until the dental restoration industry lobbies it out to be banned, so they can keep selling their photoshop jobs of people smiling with new teeth alongside crowns and implants, all at an inflated price?
It already happens with nano-hydroxyapatite pastes. In Europe you find them at the supermarket for 5 euro, in USA you need a prescription and it's sold for $$$
Uh no. You can get nHA toothpaste in the USA without a prescription, not sure why you'd think that. It's just not a popular item here so it's not sold at brick and mortar stores for the most part, though some smaller stores have it. But I have no problem ordering the stuff online.
isnt that why naHp DOES already in a dental setting/implant, but there hasnt been definitive studies where its conclusive with OTC usage, eventhough there are tons of nahp products out there already from 5-10% with extremely questionable concentration and efficacy as manufactors, often from asia, dont tell thier process of making the toothpastes, and the true concentrations(Davids hide thier ingredients and process so be warned, also it tends to be highly abrasive). i have used some, i noticed most of them are just whitening toothpaste(hence the placebo effect), or overly saturated mint.
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.
What could PAWSIBLY go wrong?
Gotta get that cartoon chin as well.
if you're gonna get chin work, make sure you have a butt chin (with a smaller, extendable butt implant installed in the cleft)
Currently sitting in an Uber relying on autocorrect to spell for me. I don't want to belly laugh and make my driver think I'm a crazy person fuk u
Side effects: sharp fangs and uncontrollable drooling.
Win win
gimmie
"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.
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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Can they make one to generate beaver enamel? I will accept the red color if I can chew through a tree.
beaver have a different composition, its made of iron compounds, i dont think human mouths are adapted to have iron teeth, it might damage your other teeth, because iron is much harder than calcium hydroxyapatite.
there are times i think about getting titanium caps, but my one crown does not feel great and i don't like how mouthpieces feel
The researchers used extracted human molars as an ex vivo model, first etching their enamel or dentine surfaces with acid to mimic different stages of tooth erosion. They then applied a single coating of the biomimetic elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) gel and let it dry. Finally, the teeth were immersed in carefully controlled mineralization baths that replicated the ionic environment of saliva.
Keep in mind this hasn't been shown to actually help teeth in someone's mouth.
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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Finally, my dream of making teeth anywhere you can imagine could be realized.
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