Can they make one to generate beaver enamel? I will accept the red color if I can chew through a tree.
“Dental enamel has a unique structure, which gives enamel its remarkable properties that protect our teeth throughout life against physical, chemical, and thermal insults,” said lead author Dr. Abshar Hasan
This man doesn’t just disapprove of people mistreating their teeth, he is personally insulted by it. A true dentist.
1/10 dentists disagree with this guy.
I could never ever work in that field, it gives me the ick. So I appreciate people who can.
Also enamel is the hardest substance in your body; AFAIK chemically it is indeed interesting and hard (ha) to emulate with other bio-safe materials.
I could never ever work in that field, it gives me the ick. So I appreciate people who can.
It’s almost as bad being married to someone that works in that field.
My wife is a dental hygienist. Some of the horrific shit she sends me would turn your stomach. And then the experiences she’s had working on teeth… Just so so gross. 🤮🤮
Most dentists recommending eating at least 3 poop.
I feel like that should have maybe been a red flag while dating.
But I made this wonderful scarf!
My wife is also a dental hygienist, and she has never once sent me any horrific shit…. So I don’t think that’s a trait necessarily tied to the occupation, lol
Exploding abscesses… Ugh
Got a photo one time when we were dating… was hoping for tits. Nope tooth root and all. It fell out when she cleaned the years of solidified shit off it.
Granted she was in public health in a poor poor poor community but still. Gross.
But will it allow us to create new body armors, is what I want to know.
Body Armors… Wait how do you intend on taking the teeth armor off?
Why would you want to?
Coke and Skittles, duh.
Simply line yourself with the teeth of your enemies (if they flossed regularly)
Hmmm maybe þe stench of þe rotting teeþ of your enemies who had poor dental hygiene would be a more effective deterrent?
If þey didn’t have poor hygiene, why were þey your enemies?
The researchers used extracted human molars as an ex vivo model, first etching their enamel or dentine surfaces with acid to mimic different stages of tooth erosion. They then applied a single coating of the biomimetic elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) gel and let it dry. Finally, the teeth were immersed in carefully controlled mineralization baths that replicated the ionic environment of saliva.
Keep in mind this hasn’t been shown to actually help teeth in someone’s mouth.
Just from that, it seems like its a patch job, not capable of regrowing from zero.
Finally, my dream of making teeth anywhere you can imagine could be realized.
Teeth growing inside tumors is already a thing. Just grow some tumors.
FINALLY vaginadentata won’t just be a pipe dream.
🎵 Vagina Dentata, what a wonderful phrase! 🎵
I hate all three of you lol
(take my hate upvotes)
I’ve heard of stuff like this for well over a decade. Seems like there’s a new article about teeth regrowth every month, either enamel or full teeth. Still waiting on real results.
It’s the new new battery tech!
Battery tech is the new fusion, just 10 years away!
We have had massive improvements in batteries so that bodes well!
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.
With enamel regrowing constantly after the smallest scratch, cavities cannot get to where they form.
This hokum story is promising no more cavities ever.
The teeth regrowth thing was only two years ago.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2014.00036/full
It’s been in the works for over ten years. Here is a paper on research into it from 2014.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3000521/
Here’s another one from 2010.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1882761608000070#cesec60
And another from 2008.
At this point it’s a race between teeth, fusion and GTA 6. Place your bets, people.
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.
thats how research works unfortunately
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.
The slow roll on this is disappointing. Bad teeth majorly impact quality and length of life.
Not to mention the escalating costs.It’s a half trillion dollar industry, which is over $1500/year per American. And that’s not counting dental surgery, orthodontics, etc.
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.
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.
Huh? If you could regrow a teeth with a simple solution then they would make money off of anything except pulling them out, and prescribing luxury bone juice.
I sure af would not waste money fixing teeth I could just regrow, especially if it can regrow in place as this article suggests without the awkward missing tooth phase.
It would be like rotors on cars. Nobody resurfaces them anymore - they just replace because replacing has become so cheap that there is no point.
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.
The only way this sees the market is if it is nerfed to require reapplication every six months.
It would be really incredible if they can manage to make this an OTC offering. This is huge.
After reading that article, this feels like something that I would want a trained professional to oversee.
No, I shall grow myself an enamel tusk!
Someone will 100% create two big uniteeth.
Maybe similar to fluoride, there can be a low-concentration version OTC, with the strong professional version only being available directly.
When I can access it, I’ll be happy.
Not gonna help anyone with broken ones
There’s another treatment on the horizon though that grows entirely new teeth. There’s an article with a pic of a ferret showing an entirely new tooth that was grown. I think it’s a research group in Japan that managed it?
These techs together mean some pretty exciting things coming in a decade or two for shitty teeth when the technologies mature.
You’re fun at parties, huh?
I’ve heard about something like this back in 90s for the first time. I guess we won’t see anything ever. Big tooth won’t allow it 😂
You’re telling me I’ve been brushing twice a day all my life for nothing?
Man, what a bummer.
Without burning your tongue this time?
I’m not sure if this is a good thing. Just imagine how many people will just stop brushing their teeth and smell worse than trash cans when you talk to them.
“We shouldn’t be setting bones and giving people casts. Just imagine how much more reckless people will be if they don’t have the threat of deformity and lifelong pain!”
Let people have nice teeth, even if maybe they didn’t take the greatest care or them as young folks, or grew up eating highly acidic foods or drinking soda.
Probably no more than already?
