cross-posted from: lemmy.bestiver.se/post/832489
I will surrogate any of your teeth for a small fee.
Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
Submitted 15 hours ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
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FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 hours ago
Okay but… what kinna teeth we talkin…? Any teeth?
I’d kill for some sharper canines lol
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
fishy@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
Mine are so sharp the dentist asked if I wanted them dulled a bit. I of course told him to leave em sharp!
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
Depends on your attack profile and what you’re biting: do you want slash, stab or crush damage?
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Shark mouth
radiouser@crazypeople.online 6 hours ago
Swear articles like this get pushed every few years. Let me know when it’s a reality I can get at my local dentist.
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
It’s the same study that’s been in process for about a decade. It entered human trials last year with those trials expected to take 5 years. Growing teeth is slow. It’s not really being pushed, it’s just the same reliable hit for various news sites to break out on slow news days.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
If you only care about technology that’s commercially available, why are you on the technology community?
radiouser@crazypeople.online 1 hour ago
Just to annoy you, is it working? I hope so.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Maybe they care about other technologies that aren’t constantly just a couple years away?
eleitl@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
But will I be able to schedule a dentist appointment in four years?
myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 hour ago
…can i get my wisdom teeth back?..i miss being wise…
pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 13 hours ago
Teeth has got to be one of the most disrespected and undervalued parts of your body. Your body's other bones can heal but then it's like "fuck your teeth, I'm not doing shit about them". And then we got health insurance companies who have the gall to not consider teeth an important part of your body that should be covered, got to get it separately and the costs are fundamental.
I mean, you smile with these things and they are key responsible for how you digest food, by chewing on it before swallowing. You can't just swallow whole pieces of food without risk of choking on them at somepoint.
You can pretty much die from bad teeth, like rot and cavities. It is just a matter of when.
frongt@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
A tooth infection can easily spread to your brain and kill you. It’s a very short path.
But even if your teeth are just regular bad, that affects how you can eat, and eating is kind of important to living.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Research has also shown a link between dental bacteria and heart disease. Not sure if it’s causation or correlation, but keeping your dental microbiome healthy seems to have benefits throughout the body.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
doesnt need to spread to your brain, just cause sepsis lowering your blood pressure to dangerous levels, or to a major organ and kill you that way.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Luxury bones
db2@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
The best description for teeth in the context of insurance that I’ve ever heard was “luxury bones”.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Gum disease has been linked to heart disease and now there might be a link to dementia due to the bacteria that can enter the bloodstream from the mouth.
confuser@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Just gonna drop this here for anyone that wants to know about the best way to take care of teeth.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You can pretty much die from bad teeth, like rot and cavities. It is just a matter of when.
Yes, but you’re leaving out how bad a problem gum disease is.
Wooki@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Eyes and skin are not far off of it want for the fact they were replied soon so much. (Re WHS protective goggles , sunscreen)
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
mammals pretty much have the short end of the stick as far as teeth goes, we cant replace it often like reptiles can.
chunes@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
If this were to become commercially viable, dentists would move heaven and earth to stop it. Imagine killing 80% of a field with a simple commonplace product.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
People who don’t have any teeth don’t need a dentist, regrown teeth will still get painful cavities or other damage and need fillings or crowns, regrown teeth will probably come in exactly as crooked as your originals and require braces, there’s plenty of room for dentists in a world without permanent tooth loss
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Are you kidding? Most dentists would love that treatment. You get to improve your patients’ dental health, you give them a smile they can be proud of, and you would be the ones administering the treatment.
This will more likely be an upcharge service for cavity fillings and to replace implants and shit.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
Doubt it. This is not the type of treatment that is just over the counter. Tooth regrowth would have to be administered and monitored by somebody like an orthodontist. More likely some will just become specialized in it.
mcv@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Why? More teeth to clean, fill, check and care for.
RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Who do you think will be doing this treatment?
fluxx@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Based on how AI might actually replace a bunch of professions, and nobody fighting tooth and nail about it - I don’t think so.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Been hearing this claim for 20 years. Let me know where and when I can sign up for the trails.
murmelade@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
It’s always 5 years away though, this one is 4! We’re making progress.
epik_kiwi@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
24 years is way worse than 5
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
It was 5 years away last year and now this year it’s 4 years away! Why do they keep changing the number !!1!
tooLikeTheNope@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
inb4 teeth growing in the most wrong and least expected places
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 hours ago
A new, horrible torture method just dropped.
wabafee@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
For some reason just thought of teeth in the pussy. Anyway just sharing here cause sharing is caring.
mcv@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
This is my main concern. I will believe they can regrow lost teeth, but can they regrow them in the correct shape and location? Teeth can take some weird shapes. We’ve got millions of years of evolution tweaking exactly where and how they grow, and it still goes wrong sometimes. I suspect messing with that process can lead to Cronenbergian results.
Hupf@feddit.org 7 hours ago
They call her the iron maiden
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 14 hours ago
… will administer the treatment to patients between the ages of 2 to 7 who are missing at least four teeth
Yeah, even if this is approved in some form.. growing new teeth for young children is not the same as for adults. Very weird this is the population they’re testing on. I’d think they would be testing on people with 10+ missing teeth in their 40s, 50s, 60s+
Sumocat@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You skipped right past the paragraph before that one describing the adult study that needs to succeed prior to the start of the child study.
Now, scientists will see just how similar, because humans are undergoing a similar trial. Lasting 11 months, this study focuses on 30 males between the ages of 30 and 64—each missing at least one tooth. The drug will be administered intravenously to prove its effectiveness and safety, and luckily, no side effects have been reported in previous animal studies.
Zorque@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
For now
yannic@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
I was psyched until I learned it would be a biologic. Those are so bloody expensive and there isn’t enough research ruling out potential interactions between multiple biologics to convince my doc to freely prescribe me a second one.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 15 hours ago
i keep seein this story with zero details on application efficacy.. and now i see a thing where theyre giving the drug intravenously??
how do they know it will grow a tooth in a human being and how does it target a lost tooth if not administered directly?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 13 hours ago
The teeth grow everywhere, and you just pull out the ones you don't want.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
I’m reminded of the phrase vagina dentata
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 13 hours ago
deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
My mom lied to me
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Nothing new in this article, it’s just rehashing stuff that’s already been announced and talked about since last year.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
58008@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Rich humans*
DemandtheOxfordComma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
That’s it. Not gonna brush my teeth anymore. Just gonna grow new ones. Maybe sell them. Grow more. Smile big.
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Not a dentist, but isnt the root cause of a lot of our dental problems, the loss of gums and the inability of our stupid gums to heal and grow back?
pool_spray_098@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I’ve been loosely following this company’s progress for a bit. It doesn’t say so in this article, but I think I recall reading that the drug also promotes gum regrowth at the same time.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
gum disease, and CARIES, some people are more susceptible to caries than others. anyone with dry mouth will have increased amount of plaque, cavaties.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
I’ve had gum grafts, and they’ve had no difficulty healing and growing back. I’ve also had extra teeth removed and the gums have had no difficulty filling in the gaps. So if all else fails, pull the old tooth, plant the new seed tooth, let the gum heal and then rupture as the new tooth grows out. Should have a nice healthy gum edge again. Although teething as an adult sounds… uncomfortable.
orclev@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Gum disease could lead to tooth loss but the primary way people lose them is through infections due to cavities. The infection weakens the tooth and the jawbone it’s rooted in as well as can lead to loss of the root nerve. At a certain point the tooth is too loose or weak and has to be removed to prevent further infection and/or to treat the existing infection.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 hours ago
That’s a long time to grow a tooth. Can they do anything to speed that up? I’d like a new set of chompers by next week.
robocall@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
My teeth are fine. Call me when someone has a cure for periodontitis!
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Bruh I’m gonna grow so many teeth. I wonder if we’ll be able to get crocodile teeth.
Like can I get just one crocodile tooth that hangs over my lip?
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 hours ago
Grandma teeth in bowling is going to make less sense in the future.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 11 minutes ago
Correction: rich humans