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Teratoma[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma

by RyJones 7y ago

ganzuul 7y ago
So it's not at all far-fetched to grow new teeth for humans then. Just need to get it working in the right place.
- lonelappde 7y ago
  It's self-evident that humans can grow teeth, since we almost all have them, and many women grow extra sets in their uteruses. The devil is in the details of growing them on demand where desired.
  - read_if_gay_ 7y ago
    > many women grow extra sets in their uteruses What.
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
    - BurningFrog 7y ago
      It's a pregnancy reference. I hope.
    - onei 7y ago
      It's technically correct, but they tend to come attached to a baby :)
      - thaumasiotes 7y ago
        That can't be right; babies are not usually born with teeth.
        willhslade 7y ago
        Well, yes and no. No, in that babies aren't born with exposed teeth in their mouth. Yes, in that babies have two sets of teeth in their skull when born.
        MertsA 7y ago
        Adult teeth start forming at 20 weeks in the womb. Babies are born with two full sets of teeth, they're just not quite finished yet and are buried under the gums and in the jaw bone. There are images of child skulls with the front of the bone removed to show all of the teeth packed into the bone underneath. It's actually pretty unsettling.
    - teachrdan 7y ago
      Another reference to teratomas, which are often found during ultrasounds during pregnancy[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma
    - astrobe_ 7y ago
      Got the same reaction. Found this: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/researchers-in-museums/2013/03/04/pulling-teeth-ovarian-teratomas-vagina-dentata/ https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/researchers-in-museums/2013/03/04/pu...
      - read_if_gay_ 7y ago
        Well that holds even more wat material. > [Māui] proposes to kill Hine-nui-te-pō by entering her vagina and exiting through her mouth whilst she is sleeping
  - ggggtez 7y ago
    As others pointed out, the statement "many women grow extra sets in their uteruses" is misleading at best. The kind interpretation is that you are thinking of Teratoma (mentioned above). The less kind is that you are thinking of that cheesy black-comedy horror movie from the 2000s.
  - JustSomeNobody 7y ago
    Women are amazing! They’re basically people factories.
- bfuller 7y ago
  my father had 3 sets of teeth
agumonkey 7y ago
holy sh... one day someone's tumor will host a protofoetus. #akira
narag 7y ago
Root of the word means "monster", very appropiate. I guess it got that name because it was associated malformed fetuses since it appeared often in ovaries.
cabaalis 7y ago
That Wikipedia article had a link to a case where a fully-formed eye had developed. Wow.
- hobofan 7y ago
  Both referenced cases of that are in fetuses though.

Teratoma[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma

ganzuul 7y ago

So it's not at all far-fetched to grow new teeth for humans then. Just need to get it working in the right place.

lonelappde 7y ago
It's self-evident that humans can grow teeth, since we almost all have them, and many women grow extra sets in their uteruses. The devil is in the details of growing them on demand where desired.
- read_if_gay_ 7y ago
  > many women grow extra sets in their uteruses What.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - BurningFrog 7y ago
    It's a pregnancy reference. I hope.
  - onei 7y ago
    It's technically correct, but they tend to come attached to a baby :)
    - thaumasiotes 7y ago
      That can't be right; babies are not usually born with teeth.
      - willhslade 7y ago
        Well, yes and no. No, in that babies aren't born with exposed teeth in their mouth. Yes, in that babies have two sets of teeth in their skull when born.
      - MertsA 7y ago
        Adult teeth start forming at 20 weeks in the womb. Babies are born with two full sets of teeth, they're just not quite finished yet and are buried under the gums and in the jaw bone. There are images of child skulls with the front of the bone removed to show all of the teeth packed into the bone underneath. It's actually pretty unsettling.
  - teachrdan 7y ago
    Another reference to teratomas, which are often found during ultrasounds during pregnancy[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma
  - astrobe_ 7y ago
    Got the same reaction. Found this: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/researchers-in-museums/2013/03/04/pulling-teeth-ovarian-teratomas-vagina-dentata/ https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/researchers-in-museums/2013/03/04/pu...
    - read_if_gay_ 7y ago
      Well that holds even more wat material. > [Māui] proposes to kill Hine-nui-te-pō by entering her vagina and exiting through her mouth whilst she is sleeping
- ggggtez 7y ago
  As others pointed out, the statement "many women grow extra sets in their uteruses" is misleading at best. The kind interpretation is that you are thinking of Teratoma (mentioned above). The less kind is that you are thinking of that cheesy black-comedy horror movie from the 2000s.
- JustSomeNobody 7y ago
  Women are amazing! They’re basically people factories.
bfuller 7y ago
my father had 3 sets of teeth

agumonkey 7y ago

holy sh... one day someone's tumor will host a protofoetus. #akira

narag 7y ago

Root of the word means "monster", very appropiate. I guess it got that name because it was associated malformed fetuses since it appeared often in ovaries.

cabaalis 7y ago

That Wikipedia article had a link to a case where a fully-formed eye had developed. Wow.

hobofan 7y ago
Both referenced cases of that are in fetuses though.