This is something different. This treatment is not for replacing teeth that were somehow lost, but for people where one or more teeth didn't develop in the first place.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can I use this technology to replace my pinky toe with a tooth? That would be useful for when I stub my toe

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I got you fam!

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[–] Alice 7 points 3 weeks ago

What a way to learn my client doesn't support spoiler tags

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

When a joke becomes a nightmare 😳

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It says in the article it will treat "all forms of toothlessness"

[–] zout@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

While these treatments are currently focused on patients with congenital tooth deficiency, Takahashi hopes the treatment will be available for anyone who’s lost a tooth.

In other earlier reports it is also mentioned that the successes in animal trials also were with congegeniaal tooth deficiency. So the hopes of this researcher are not backed by results. And though I'm no expert on any field related to this, I can't see how this would work for people who lost teeth.

Quick edit; an earlier source

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

No thank you very much, I absolutely don’t and I absolutely won’t!

[–] Hedup@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like a lot of pain. Not sure if its worth it.

[–] Duranie@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago

As someone who has experienced decades of poverty and chronic depression who is now finally in a more stable place, I'd be willing to trade certain other body parts if it meant I could have a do over on my teeth. As long as the pain isn't life long, I'd get over it.

I'm self conscious about the way my mouth moves when I talk, how I smile or laugh (whether or not it's worth the risk) and even how I chew. I'd be willing to be a test subject, because God knows what they'd charge if it works.

[–] Alice 1 points 3 weeks ago

If this could eventually replace lost teeth, I'd love it. I've been planning to get an implant, and I know the failure rate is low, but the potential side effects of having a screw right below my sinuses is upsetting.

~~I know fixing the gap in my mouth is a vanity thing purely to conform to western beauty standards but I look like Patrick Star when I open my mouth~~