• gnutrino@programming.dev
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      9 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
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        8 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.