grrgyle ,
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what will the legal limit be on number and length of teeth. important

Pronell ,

Last time this came up it was a treatment for people who had genetic issues growing teeth in the first place.

This isn't for replacing teeth that were lost in adulthood.

awwwyissss ,

If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of toothlessness sometime around 2030.

At the top of the article

Pronell ,

Toothlessness does not mean a lost tooth. But if I'm wrong, I'd be glad to be wrong.

awwwyissss ,

.... just read the article.

It says this is intended to be for anyone who's lost a tooth.

Iheartcheese ,
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Commenting only if you've read the article is socialism

corsicanguppy ,

This is the same tech. Great for people with no teeth, bad for chad.

KimchiOG ,

Implants are already far too expensive, so I can only imagine the premium they would charge for real teeth.

walter_wiggles ,

9 out of 10 dentists disagree.

cordlesslamp ,

Why?

More teeth More MONEEYYY.....

walter_wiggles ,

Lol planned obsolescence even for teeth

cordlesslamp ,

soon there's gonna be Bluetooth (hehe) speaker and microphone in your teeth. Then the next thing you know is your teeth need security and firmware updates.

trigonated ,

Can't wait to have a chinese lady say "the Bluetooth device is ready to pair" in my teeth.

cordlesslamp ,

That voice haunt my dreams.

Zip2 ,

Oh I’m sure dentists will be very happy to poke more holes in even more teeth.

ininewcrow ,
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What is the economic benefit of this?

And if there is no or little economic benefit, what chance is there that we will ever see it happen?

Espiritdescali OP Mod ,
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I assume it will be an expensive treatment

Deceptichum ,
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What’s the economic benefit of hair transplants? Or any other cosmetic surgery for that matter.

veroxii ,

Exactly. Cosmetic surgery is where the real money is at.

GreyEyedGhost ,

Teeth are far more than cosmetic. The benefits of a good set of teeth for nutritional health, let alone the costs of poor tooth health on your general health would make this an economic benefit.

Lmaydev ,

Chances are people who can afford it would pay a lot for this.

So it'll start out as a luxury treatment. We just have to hope it works well and they can bring the costs down.

If it works out cheaper than dealing with other dental costs hopefully countries with socialised healthcare will pick it up.

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