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So this is just for children that have "tooth buds" to get them to grow into full teeth?

• killjoywashere 3y ago
  So far. I'm sure someone is going to figure out how to engineer viable tooth buds for adults. And as for "just for children" ... I had no idea how significant pediatric dental specialties were until my daughter fell out of a pickup truck onto the curb broke her two front teeth at the age of 3. Luckily her adult teeth grew in appropriately, but she still needs braces to fix the spacing in her smile that the injury left. It's been over a decade and I still feel terrible.
  • kusha 3y ago
    Certainly did not mean to imply that this would be insignificant due to being “just for children”! I should have said “exclusively for children” perhaps? Just wasn’t sure if adults have tooth buds!
  • stevezsa8 3y ago
    Sorry to hear about what happened to your daughter. I read a really terrible story years ago, a daughter was sunbathing in the driveway on a lounger, father comes home and parks... on his daughter, who is then paralyzed. *Edit, found the article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/31/experience-dad-ran-me-over https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/31/experie... I can't even imagine what that guy felt.
    • ChatGTP 3y ago
      Humans and cars, bad combination.
      • ricardobeat 3y ago
        Not mentioned in the article, but you can bet this was a large pickup or SUV. They have terrible visibility.
        • lmz 3y ago
          Article mentions four door sedan actually. > He pulled up the driveway and the front of his four-door sedan [...]
    • killingtime74 3y ago
      This happens to one child per week in Australia. Very sad and common. https://www.dit.sa.gov.au/towardszerotogether/safe_road_users/driveway_safety https://www.dit.sa.gov.au/towardszerotogether/safe_road_user...
  • cloudier 3y ago
    Humans have three sets of tooth buds, the third of which most people never use. The version of this treatment for adults would grow this last set.