Comment on Why do teeth don't regenerate?

• bluGill@kbin.run ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Possible, but it may come with downsides you don't like.

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  • sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Let me guess, the downside is infinite teeth.

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    • bluGill@kbin.run ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The downside could be something that nobody has imagined yet. That is the problem with change. I'm not against this, but I demand reasonable study. (but not unreasonable levels - vaccines and GMO have been studied enough to conclude they are generally safe despite people yelling more study needed)

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  • jewbacca117@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Imagine teeth grew like our nails and had to be clipped regularly

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    • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stop

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    • x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I hate that, please stop

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    • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Rodents then?

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  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Teething 3.0.

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  • Tanoh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Subscription based teeth?

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    • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      worse, you have to pay to stop them from growing

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  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Isn’t this the Street Sharks origin story?

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are those the snapping guys in West Side Story?

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      • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nah., these guys

        youtu.be/Yvbwl9c1vB0?si=j-AlzKujbWNkr1Sw

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Side effects may include dry mouth, diarrhea, attacking swimmers at the beach. Do not take Teethenall if you are allergic to shellfish.

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    • masquenox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      attacking swimmers at the beach

      That I could live with.

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  • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Vagina teeth? That’s my fetish.

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• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I could be wrong, but I don’t think that’s how the drugs in development work. They cause the existing teeth to produce more enamel or something.

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  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you are wrong. all their tests are on subjects missing teeth, not with reduced enamel. this is literally growing replacement teeth.

    https://newatlas.com/medical/tooth-regrowing-human-trial/

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I stand corrected. Thanks!

      I was thinking of this:

      …washington.edu/trials-begin-on-lozenge-that-rebu…

      But your link is far more exciting.

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hopefully that's what it ends up being, as the idea of growing new teeth has been around in science and media for a long time.

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  • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The latest work I've seen reactivates the genes to start growing any existing teeth that had stopped. It's for early development problems in children, not for adults. But of course the media seized on the "regrow teeth" part and ran with it. Unless there's a way to implant new teeth seeds and then get them going, adults are still out of luck.

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    • 5wim@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The trial, which will take place at Kyoto University Hospital from September to August 2025, will treat 30 males aged 30-64 who are missing at least one molar.

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  • Slotos@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Teeth cannot produce enamel. Enamel is not a living tissue and it was produced by cells outside of the tooth in a coral-like manner. In order to grow a new tooth, you need it to be fully surrounded by specialized living tissue for the whole growth cycle.

    PS: I honestly expected something like this to come out of bioelectric computation research, but progress seems slower there. Or rather knowledge and techniques in other fields is reaching critical mass, giving us these advances.

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe “grow” isn’t the right word, but I was thinking of these lozenges that made headlines a few years ago.

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• TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That sorta makes it sound like a nightmare

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