TOKYO – A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c
TOKYO – A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c
This is true in the short term, but drugs and treatments can get cheaper over time, whereas implant dentistry is intrinsically expensive in a way that’s unlikely to ever improve.
@Ertebolle "The tooth regrowth medicine is intended for people who lack a full set of adult teeth due to congenital factors. "
So, not likely to solve the problem of tooth loss through lack of dental care :(
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Bugger. Back to printing disposable ones on the Ender-3?
they’re only slightly toxic, you’ll be fine
PLA, Google says it’s food safe. I’ve never really thought about it.
Both PLA and PET are food safe but I wouldn’t use them for long-term food related stuff.
The surface of a print contains thousands of valleys, nooks and crannies and other hard to reach spots that serve as ideal breeding grounds for bacteria.
True. They may look smooth but they’re pretty porous.
@apemint presumably, you should brush those teeth too…
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For now
Thanks for copying me in, I really should have read the whole article first!
They do also talk about the potential to activate a latent third set of tooth buds in humans who have lost their adult teeth. They seem to have already done this in animals.