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Because any regrowth solution would be quite expensive, time consuming and prone to problems. It would likely be performed by surgeons and monitored by orthodo
by raducu 6y ago
Because any regrowth solution would be quite expensive, time consuming and prone to problems.
It would likely be performed by surgeons and monitored by orthodontists there couls be multiple teeth comming out, missaligned and so forth.
I'd much rather do things the old fashion way than risk all sorts of problem down the line, have multiple trips, wait months upon months for my teeth to regrow.
As a last resort, or instead of an implant, yeah, sure!
But afik, the money you pay for materials are smaller than the surgeon's fee, so I see no incentive for a surgeon not to give you natural teeth if he could.
It could be that he'd make more money that, way, less checkups and so on.
- NiceWayToDoIT 6y agoThat is interesting way of thinking, make sense, although it would be nice to have options, and then you choose on your own. Like you will go to dentist and they tell you: - option 1 costs $$ and you need to wait 5 months and there is 2% danger of genetic mutation - option 2 costs $ it is immediate but over time you need to come again and it will cost you $$ over 10 years, it does not look as nice and maybe there are side effects - options 3 cost .c but has mercury that can over 30 years cause serious issue ... Something along those lines
- bionhoward 6y agoRegeneration need not be expensive. The cells can do the work, as evidenced by the embryo. We just have to figure out how to tell the cells to do it again. And, critically, tell them to stop when they're done...
- raducu 6y agoSomething tells me the "botox" cosmetical procedures are expensive where only doctors are allowed to do it. Surely teeth regrowth must be more expensive and more complicated than that. A simple anesthesia for tooth cannot be performed by someone who is not a certified dentist. I'm just speculating that tooth regrowth will be in the same ballpark as implants and it will be just another option.