Comment on Breakthrough gel can regenerate tooth enamel within weeks

MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    With enamel regrowing constantly after the smallest scratch, cavities cannot get to where they form.

    This hokum story is promising no more cavities ever.

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• turdas@suppo.fi ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The teeth regrowth thing was only two years ago.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/…/full

    It’s been in the works for over ten years. Here is a paper from 2014.

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    • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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      • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        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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    • aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      thats how research works unfortunately

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      • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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    • bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The slow roll on this is disappointing. Bad teeth majorly impact quality and length of life.

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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s the new new battery tech!

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  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But batteries consistently improve year on year, we just keep increasing the demand of our devices in lockstep because 10% more powerful! markets much better than 10% more battery life.

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We have had massive improvements in batteries so that bodes well!

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  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Battery tech is the new fusion, just 10 years away!

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• Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The only way this sees the market is if it is nerfed to require reapplication every six months.

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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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    • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Huh? If you could regrow a teeth then they would make money off of anything except pulling them out.

      I sure af would not waste money fixing teeth I could just replace.

      It would be like Rotors and cars. Nobody resurfaces them anymore - they just replace.

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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        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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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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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      • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        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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