Can’t wait for the stories about how the fillings are tuned for the new 8G networks and caused COVID-29.
Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings following research breakthrough
Submitted 5 weeks ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
If lab grown teeth give me better reception then I’m all for it!
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah but you have an unskippable 30-second ad whenever you wake up.
Grimtuck@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They’re going to need to shrink it down, that’s way too big.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Seriously, that’s never going to fit. Idiots.
itstoowet@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve been hearing about lab grown teeth for decades at this point. Cool to hear progress regardless though
MisterMoo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Stop me if you’re over 30 and have heard this three dozen times during your life.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
A bit of a positive thinking here: maybe it’s the same research and they keep making progress.
PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I have no doubt that this is a good thing and will improve quality of life, however just the concept itself is the stuff of nightmares.
Teeth…just there….growing….
Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Honestly, a number of animals have regenerating teeth. Many animals in the past (like dinosaurs) also had regenerating teeth.
Humans are missing out.
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Yeah, thanks, I’ll prefer the ceramic implant. Which works fine already.
58008@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Most of my teeth are destroyed, decades of neglect due to mental illness. I’ve been hearing about lab-grown teeth for the last 25 years and always hope it happens soon, but the progress sees to be genuine this time. I just hope it doesn’t cost insane amounts of money to get teefs grown.
Aimeeloulm@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I’m pretty much in the same position, my poor dentist is doing what he can to help whats left of mine, but 45 years of neglect due to mental illness has taken it’s toll, I wish implants were cheap enough but not sure if could afford them :o(
My family have been really great at helping to encourage me to start overcoming many of my issues last few years, is slow progress through, they got me out of house today and took me shopping… lol…feel tired and worn out, but at least got out of house for once :o)
I hope that you are doing okay, your not alone, so many of us in same boat, you are a part of our ‘family’ and you are loved, wanted, needed and valued, thank you for being you huuuuugs :o)
ugjka@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Schizo here, didn’t brush for 10 years after psychosis. Cost me much when finally i succumbed to pain from a bad one and got to a dentist. I don’t know if there’s any teeth in my mouth that haven’t had some drill action
muhyb@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
That’s great but how would it connect itself to the nervous system?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Step one is to let it relax so you’re dealing with a calm system instead.
muhyb@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
krysel@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
oh my
gnutrino@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
We have different ideas to put the teeth inside the mouth. We could transplant the young tooth cells at the location of the missing tooth and let them grow inside mouth. Alternatively, we could create the whole tooth in the lab before placing it in the patient’s mouth.
I assume option 1 at least would lead to the nerve connections naturally growing as the tooth does. Regardless, this still seems in the super early lab-proof-of-concept stage so I guess the ultimate answer is we don’t know yet.
muhyb@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Hmm, option 2 seems like root canal treatment but instead there is a new tooth. However if they can predict the direction where the tooth will grow, option 1 seems promising.
MrJukes@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Can they make them smaller than the one in the thumbnail? Otherwise, count me out
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Has anyone with a 3d printer tried 3d dentures yet? Would that work?
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Nope. As far as extrusion printing goes: normal 3D printing filament is not food safe and the tiny stairstep layers would be perfect breeding grounds for bacteria and plaque impossible to properly clean. For resin printing: that shit’s toxic in liquid form, very bad idea to ingest, and dust from the hardened prints (like if you sand a nub down) when breathed in works like asbestos on your lungs.
exasperation@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Dental printers are a pretty standard way to make these things. There’s a whole regulatory process for testing and certifying the printers and their resins for continued contact with gums/skin/teeth for toxicity, infection, irritation, etc.
But there are still significant drawbacks to using dead synthetic stuff as a replacement for living tissue.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
currently have a 3d printed crown in my mouth. they patched the original broken tooth as best they could. scanned my mouth and the tooth. and while they were root canaling my tooth was printing. after they were done, my crown was installed and I went about my day with some minor soreness for about a week.
I would imagine printed dentures to be similar.
s_s@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
My Labrador has excellent teeth.
Man’s best friend becomes man’s best mouth.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
are you going to train your dog to chew things for you
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Labrador is happy to chew, will not give back.
altphoto@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Well hurry up!
witty_username@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Can they grow them with funky colours?
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Give it time and there will be the option of Gigantic Corp paying for your teeth if you grow their logo on them.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Imagine an entire forensics department in the future identifying corpses by the ads on the teeth.
🤮
Zip2@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Go to a mortuary. Don’t have to wait for them to be grown.
altphoto@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
We should all gulp… Could this research benefit non US people only?
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Insurance is guaranteed not to cover this.
Stern@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
P R E M I U M B O N E S
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Luxury bones!
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And boy it sounds expensive.