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The article linked says it causes new teeth to grow in rats and ferrets, and that pugs and dogs are next. It doesn't however talk about targeting that growth to

The article linked says it causes new teeth to grow in rats and ferrets, and that pugs and dogs are next. It doesn't however talk about targeting that growth to a particular place.

MauranKilom 6y ago
Just pull all teeth and let them regrow at the same time, of course. Next!
- trident5000 6y ago
  I know you're joking but theres actually people who would pray for a treatment exactly like this. The elderly in particular. Over time all your teeth go. When I'm 60 I wouldnt mind them just ripping them all out if I could regrow them in 3 months.
  - mparlane 6y ago
    Wouldn't they fall out like baby teeth do if new teeth grow under to push them out?
    - trident5000 6y ago
      Great question, that might be even better.
    - causality0 6y ago
      Teeth aren't just pushed out. The roots are dissolved as the adult tooth erupts under the baby tooth. This treatment has a very long way to go.
    - deleted 6y ago
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  - kvgr 6y ago
    I would pay for this and I am 33 and have 5 root cannals fixed. Maybe 3 tooth without fillings. It runs in our family... I also didn't have the best dentists growing up in eastern block. Almost no rentgen on basic fillings or microscope on root cannals, only amalgam filling except front tooth. Now I am in process of redoing badly done fillings with cavities under fillings. Al so I have two teeth taken out because my dentist didnt properly explained to me they could be fixed... If I lived in the middle ages, I would look like a 60 year old with no teeth.
  - ectopod 6y ago
    > The elderly in particular. Over time all your teeth go. This was the view of dentists before WWII. Both of my grandmothers had all their teeth pulled before they were thirty when there was very little wrong with them. "You'll lose them anyway, why not get a nice set of dentures?" They both regretted taking their dentists' advice. My octogenarian mother grew up in a more enlightened age and she still has her teeth. Tooth loss is not inevitable.
- Mountain_Skies 6y ago
  Really don't want to go through the process of having four impacted wisdom teeth removed again.
throwawayboise 6y ago
Don't rodent teeth grow continuously anyway? That's why they're always gnawing on stuff.
- bigmattystyles 6y ago
  Yea, I remember seeing a picture on reddit years ago where a squirrel, feasting on soft human trash, his teeth didn't wear down and grew outwards in concentric circles until he presumably starved from now not being able to chew even the softest of foods. I don't want to look up the photo, it's sad, but I think it was legit.
  - helloworld11 6y ago
    At first I read your comment as saying "feasting on soft human flesh" and had some very serious questions about the benefits of helping that squirrel fix its teeth again...
- hutzlibu 6y ago
  Your teeth are growing a bit, too. (Otherwise they would be grinded down, too) But this is about regrowing a lost tooth.
dumpsterdiver 6y ago
Thanks for giving me nightmares tonight.
- mcswell 6y ago
  For your dreaming (dis)pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402xHwQGVsE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402xHwQGVsE (Conehead goes to the dentist)
King-Aaron 6y ago
I'd just hope that the new teeth at least grow in the mouth
- airhead969 6y ago
  On my hands or on my johnson wouldn't be good.
  - ectopod 6y ago
    People have been worrying about such things for centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata
    - airhead969 6y ago
      Yup. Probably in a horror movie or two too. Unverified story here from a supposed complication of surgery: https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a19543991/vagina-teeth-bites-penis-sex/ https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a19543991/vagina-teeth-... Also, sharpened anti-rape devices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_device#Physical_deterrents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_device#Physical_dete...
ClumsyPilot 6y ago
as long as they are only growing in your mouth, thats still a solution. Now, having teeth grow om your body randomly, thats a horror movie
- pas 6y ago
  It's ... it's ... possible to get cancer in the teeth. If it somehow breaks off and gets into other parts of the body. :| Also don't google teratoma, or "giant neglected ameloblastoma" :(

The article linked says it causes new teeth to grow in rats and ferrets, and that pugs and dogs are next. It doesn't however talk about targeting that growth to a particular place.

MauranKilom 6y ago

Just pull all teeth and let them regrow at the same time, of course. Next!

trident5000 6y ago
I know you're joking but theres actually people who would pray for a treatment exactly like this. The elderly in particular. Over time all your teeth go. When I'm 60 I wouldnt mind them just ripping them all out if I could regrow them in 3 months.
- mparlane 6y ago
  Wouldn't they fall out like baby teeth do if new teeth grow under to push them out?
  - trident5000 6y ago
    Great question, that might be even better.
  - causality0 6y ago
    Teeth aren't just pushed out. The roots are dissolved as the adult tooth erupts under the baby tooth. This treatment has a very long way to go.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
- kvgr 6y ago
  I would pay for this and I am 33 and have 5 root cannals fixed. Maybe 3 tooth without fillings. It runs in our family... I also didn't have the best dentists growing up in eastern block. Almost no rentgen on basic fillings or microscope on root cannals, only amalgam filling except front tooth. Now I am in process of redoing badly done fillings with cavities under fillings. Al so I have two teeth taken out because my dentist didnt properly explained to me they could be fixed... If I lived in the middle ages, I would look like a 60 year old with no teeth.
- ectopod 6y ago
  > The elderly in particular. Over time all your teeth go. This was the view of dentists before WWII. Both of my grandmothers had all their teeth pulled before they were thirty when there was very little wrong with them. "You'll lose them anyway, why not get a nice set of dentures?" They both regretted taking their dentists' advice. My octogenarian mother grew up in a more enlightened age and she still has her teeth. Tooth loss is not inevitable.
Mountain_Skies 6y ago
Really don't want to go through the process of having four impacted wisdom teeth removed again.

throwawayboise 6y ago

Don't rodent teeth grow continuously anyway? That's why they're always gnawing on stuff.

bigmattystyles 6y ago
Yea, I remember seeing a picture on reddit years ago where a squirrel, feasting on soft human trash, his teeth didn't wear down and grew outwards in concentric circles until he presumably starved from now not being able to chew even the softest of foods. I don't want to look up the photo, it's sad, but I think it was legit.
- helloworld11 6y ago
  At first I read your comment as saying "feasting on soft human flesh" and had some very serious questions about the benefits of helping that squirrel fix its teeth again...
hutzlibu 6y ago
Your teeth are growing a bit, too. (Otherwise they would be grinded down, too) But this is about regrowing a lost tooth.

dumpsterdiver 6y ago

Thanks for giving me nightmares tonight.

mcswell 6y ago
For your dreaming (dis)pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402xHwQGVsE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402xHwQGVsE (Conehead goes to the dentist)

King-Aaron 6y ago

I'd just hope that the new teeth at least grow in the mouth

airhead969 6y ago
On my hands or on my johnson wouldn't be good.
- ectopod 6y ago
  People have been worrying about such things for centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata
  - airhead969 6y ago
    Yup. Probably in a horror movie or two too. Unverified story here from a supposed complication of surgery: https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a19543991/vagina-teeth-bites-penis-sex/ https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a19543991/vagina-teeth-... Also, sharpened anti-rape devices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_device#Physical_deterrents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_device#Physical_dete...

ClumsyPilot 6y ago

as long as they are only growing in your mouth, thats still a solution. Now, having teeth grow om your body randomly, thats a horror movie

pas 6y ago
It's ... it's ... possible to get cancer in the teeth. If it somehow breaks off and gets into other parts of the body. :| Also don't google teratoma, or "giant neglected ameloblastoma" :(