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.
Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings following research breakthrough
Submitted 13 hours ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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58008@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Aimeeloulm@feddit.uk 27 minutes 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)
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Insurance is guaranteed not to cover this.
Stern@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
P R E M I U M B O N E S
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Luxury bones!
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
And boy it sounds expensive.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Can’t wait for the stories about how the fillings are tuned for the new 8G networks and caused COVID-29.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
If lab grown teeth give me better reception then I’m all for it!
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Yeah but you have an unskippable 30-second ad whenever you wake up.
itstoowet@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I’ve been hearing about lab grown teeth for decades at this point. Cool to hear progress regardless though
Grimtuck@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
They’re going to need to shrink it down, that’s way too big.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Seriously, that’s never going to fit. Idiots.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Has anyone with a 3d printer tried 3d dentures yet? Would that work?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 26 minutes 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.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours 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 4 hours 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.
PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 10 hours 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 8 hours 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 9 hours ago
Yeah, thanks, I’ll prefer the ceramic implant. Which works fine already.
muhyb@programming.dev 9 hours ago
That’s great but how would it connect itself to the nervous system?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Step one is to let it relax so you’re dealing with a calm system instead.
muhyb@programming.dev 6 hours ago
krysel@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
oh my
gnutrino@programming.dev 7 hours 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 6 hours 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 10 hours ago
Can they make them smaller than the one in the thumbnail? Otherwise, count me out
witty_username@feddit.nl 8 hours ago
Can they grow them with funky colours?
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 hours 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 23 minutes ago
Imagine an entire forensics department in the future identifying corpses by the ads on the teeth.
🤮
altphoto@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
Well hurry up!
s_s@lemm.ee 12 hours ago
My Labrador has excellent teeth.
Man’s best friend becomes man’s best mouth.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
are you going to train your dog to chew things for you
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Labrador is happy to chew, will not give back.
Zip2@feddit.uk 48 minutes ago
Go to a mortuary. Don’t have to wait for them to be grown.