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World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials
(globalnews.ca)
Me IRL after overdosing
im sure this won't end up with manmade horrors beyond my comprehension
Can we take it.... recreationaly?
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Cool now please help me regrow my gums so my teeth don't fall out.
First help me regrow my jaw so my gums don’t fall out.
gum disease is no joke. It'll take your gums and jawbone. Wish someone would help us out.
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Teeth have always kind of struck me as something we could eventually not just replace or regrow and make as good as new, but actually replace with something better.
Teeth are, by their nature, subject to a lot of wear and tear, corrosive environments, have a lot of nooks and crannies that need to be cleaned regularly, etc.
How fucking cool would it be to have some sort of cyborg teeth made of some material that won't wear down, is more corrosion resistant, stronger than your natural teeth, etc? You could use your teeth as a bottle opener with impunity, or do everything else your parents always warned you not to do with your teeth.
I'm certainly no doctor or material scientist to suggest what the ideal tooth replacement material would be, but imagine having some kind of titanium alloy super teeth that would never wear down, corrode, or get cavities no matter what kind of neglect or abuse you subject them to, and are purposely engineered for easier flossing, may e even more efficient biting and chewing. Sure, the Jaws look isn't everyone's aesthetic, but some of us might consider it a worthwhile trade-off.
In the meantime though, this is damn cool if it pans out.
The problem there is that the teeth are supported by the jaw bones.
We've had dental implants for the past 2 decades that are pretty indestructible as you describe. The only problem is the jaw bones you drill into aren't that robust. Especially when you start putting multiple holes in it to hold the teeth. So the jaw bone part of the implant tends to fail after about a decade or two, even when the tooth part of it is still plenty robust.
Which frankly is the same problem faced by all proposed cybernetic implants/augmentations. The cybernetic part can be as indestructible as you want, but the organics its attached to are comparatively fragile.
I guess we'll just have to replace all the organic parts
but then you just get bludgeoned with a dildo by someone possessed by the ghost of Keanu Reeves
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Yeah and those implants are no joke in strength
Trigger Warning: true story of workplace injury involving a coworker and his teeth.
It's light on injury descriptions at least
One of my coworkers a few months ago had a 200lbs roll of aluminum fall on his head. His implant collided with 3 teeth above it and blew those up.
He's mostly recovered at this point from the whole ordeal (concussion, smashed fingers, etc.) he's just waiting on the bone grafts to heal up for the replacement teeth that are going in.
And yes he got lucky that the roll mostly glanced off of him towards the front. Had he gotten hit straight on top of the head (or it glanced towards the back) he likely would have broken his neck or died.
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Thr flesh is weak.
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Man's out here with the monocrystalline-corundum-coated titanium based tooth implants
The jaws look would be so cool but imagine if you accidentally bit your cheek while chewing gum or something.
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If we learn how to regrow teeth, I wonder if we'll learn how to regrow bones after that.
Soon we’ll be farming volunteer humans for bone marrow stew. Sign up, have several bones removed—femur, tibia, you name it—and cracked open for that sweet juicy marrow. Then a steady supply of bone growing pills to start the process all over again.
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Seeing as teething babies cry a lot, I wonder how painful this process will be.
I had some "teething" as my wisdom teeth came in. It's painful, and causes a fever, but babies have no understanding of why they are in pain, and no way to deal with it. As an adult, it's not fun, but it's manageable and much less scary.
Have you had your wisdom teeth grow? I figure this would be the same. With mine it wasn't a particularly pleasant experience, but it wasn't too bad either - and if it's the same with that new treatment, I'd be willing to take the pain over the alternative of staying toothless when I grow old.
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That's because their teeth are busting through their fleshy gums. Presumably this would be growing out an existing hole.
Dare ya to search "baby teeth skull".
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The grift against the tooth fairy is about to reach fever pitch
That's pretty awesome for some folks - my uncle had three sets of teeth, so the last set was extremely brittle. I'm curious if calcium supplements and this drug could provide an alternative to dentures.
Did you say your uncle had a third set of natural grown teeth? I always assumed everyone had two sets only.
No, some people have a complete third set. Some people only have a partial third set, or even have third teeth in just a few positions within the mouth. A dentist who told me about this said it's a little rare, but not super rare.
Yes, they came in in his thirties, which was like 40-50 years ago. It hasn't happened to anyone else in the family thankfully, though he himself never had kids.
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I could be crazy but I swear I've heard this a number of times before. It always seemed wonderful as my teeth tend to self-destruct. But nothing ever seems to come from it.
It would be nice if we just naturally grew a new set every 10 years or so but people with strong teeth would be quite annoyed at that especially if they had to do alignment.
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Super excited for this. One of my adult teeth just never grew in. I tried to get an implant, but the lack of tooth also resulted in too little bone there to support the implant. I'm hopeful this would eventually allow me to have a real tooth there instead of my very fragile bridge.
This is absolutely amazing! I have oligodontia myself and just the thought of being able to actually get those teeth back is pretty cool! I already have 3 implants - still have 8 more to go - but placing them HURTS... would be pretty interesting to see how far they're in a couple of years.
Okay. I had a broken tooth removed and replaced with a titanium implant. What would happen to me if I took this drug?
Your bio-engineered tooth and cybernetic tooth would have to battle to the death.
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Looking forward to seeing this. It may not benefit me, hut I hope it benefits the future.
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This picture was the first thing that came to mind.
Even worse... what if.. get this... hold on a minute... causes...
Vagina Dentata
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Shit, I need this.
Grow teeth......where?
Yeah, I assume that the side-effects of this drug might be "anal teeth" or something.
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