An innovative gel that forms a layer over teeth and then recruits calcium and phosphate ions from saliva to build new enamel has the potential to change dental treatment. To date, we don't have any way to regenerate the tough outer layer of enamel on our teeth as it erodes with age.
I no longer get excited about medical innovation because I know I’ll never be able to afford to benefit from any of it. I’m lucky to have gotten vaccinated as a child while that was still legal for the poors
When I was a teenager it was announced that we would soon be able to stimulate the growth of brand new teeth, right in the mouth. I’m almost 50 and I need some new fuckin’ teeth real soon.
There was a new development in japan less than a year ago. Downside is all your teeth fall out and all regrow
I’m sorry, I thought you said there was a downside.
You think teething and a soft food diet isn’t a downside? Any time I have anything done that requires soft food, I’m craving solid food within like three days. It sucks.
It didn’t sound like a big deal, but somehow you just instilled in me an existential dread of having no teeth to enjoy solid foods when craving some.
Well you can still cut it into small pieces for minimal chewing. Last time I couldn’t have solid food at all.
Given the state of my teeth, I’m not far from that anyway.
Tooth fairy isn’t unionized.
She’s ionized?
The problem is those new teeth were soft with no enamel. This could address that. Either way, no insurance will cover this and it will cost a fortune.
My teeth already have no enamel so I’m game.
No offense, but unless you have some sort of condition like not growing enamel, what have you been doing for your teeth to be that bad at not even 50? Chewing on anvils and flossing with barbed wire?
Bruxism. Why, what’s wrong with you? Sheesh.
If this is legit and dental industry doesn’t try to drown it in a bathtub I’ll be fucking shocked.
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Just ignore all those famous exceptions.
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When you zoom out, the invariant story of capitalism is exactly the opposite. Capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction.