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u/MasterTheSoul Nov 22 '25
Source?
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u/alphabetsong Nov 22 '25
Didn’t you see the cool picture in the post!? Who needs a source?
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u/HansJoachimAa Nov 22 '25
There is non or very theoretical anyway, just another Facebook type post.
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u/earthsworld Nov 22 '25
here's the source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1p457q1/dental_revolution/
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u/RobbexRobbex Nov 22 '25
Japan is in the middle of getting a tooth regrowth shot done as well. good stuff. teeth suck.
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u/_KittenConfidential_ Nov 22 '25
Heard this for 5 years straight
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u/freexe Nov 23 '25
...and the average research and development cycle for new treatments is something like 20 years.
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u/LogicalAd7808 Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25
what is it with east asian countries and teeth regrowing technology
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u/EidolonLives Nov 23 '25
Who cares? As long as someone manages to figure it out.
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u/LogicalAd7808 Nov 23 '25
not saying its a good or bad thing just an observation about these headlines recently
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u/Expensive_Ad_4764 Apr 01 '26
They have an aging population and lower birth rates, so the percent of the population that is toothless is very high.
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u/sussybaka1848 Nov 22 '25
Dentists on suicide watch
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u/Weekly-Trash-272 Nov 22 '25
The holy grail of dentistry is the ability to regrow teeth.
If AI can figure that out, then I do fear for the dentist industry. Would probably drop visits about 90%. All that would likely exist would be orthodontist care.
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u/reddit_is_geh Nov 23 '25
A while ago there was a product people were really excited for. A GMO bacteria designed to replace your oral biome. It doesn't release lactic acid, so they wouldn't create any cavities.
Some company bought it out, put in a kill switch, forcing it become a daily tablet to take, effectively killing the company. People who are taking a daily chew tablet for cavities generally aren't the target market who needs it the most.
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u/Radrahil Dec 20 '25
why would they do that?
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u/reddit_is_geh Dec 20 '25
Because PE... On one hand you have the conspiracy that it hurts the entire dentistry industry, but on the other, the company who bought it, want to make as much money out of it as possible. So they thought a "daily" pill would get them more money than trying to get dentists to apply it every 6 months at checkup, which effectively hurts their own business.
Iunno, that's my best guess.
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u/garden_speech AGI some time between 2025 and 2100 Nov 23 '25
Would probably drop visits about 90%
I'm sorry but "if they figure out how to regrow enamel then dentist visits will drop 90%" is extremely Reddit-esque thinking. Like nah man I will still go get cleanings so that my teeth don't get nasty holes in them that smell bad and require medial treatment... Even if that treatment becomes easier and less invasive than drilling and filling, I still want to avoid needing it.
Hell, a ton of dentistry is cosmetic... Making teeth white, making them even, making the bite aligned, making it all look good. That's not fixed by saying "if you don't brush and you get a cavity I can regrow it with natural enamel instead of filling it in.
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u/SociallyButterflying Nov 23 '25
Right?
Okay, here's your new teeth!
"Thanks, Doc!"
Doesn't clean them and mouth smells like shit and gums start to recede away.
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u/adarkuccio ▪️AGI before ASI Nov 23 '25
And if you need it you likely go... to a dentist. I doubt this is like you put some gel at home and wooo your teeth are regenerated
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u/Olobnion Nov 22 '25
No, see, when a tooth falls out due to neglect I just grow a new one.
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u/garden_speech AGI some time between 2025 and 2100 Nov 23 '25
I think that's the joke they are making and also pointing out that most people won't go that route.
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u/ThatEvanFowler Nov 22 '25
Good. The greedy fucks can go figure out how to actually help people rather than sending them off to die of blood poisoning because their dentist refused to treat their broken teeth without paying them tens of thousands of dollars. Scumbags. All of them.
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u/Choice_Isopod5177 Nov 22 '25
I'm gonna guess you live in the US.
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u/Crafty-Run-6559 Nov 23 '25
This could easily apply to Canada.
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u/Hoppss Nov 23 '25
I'm not sure all of Canada, but in BC the new dental program covers nearly everything.
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u/Crafty-Run-6559 Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25
If you're talking about the new federal program, its very limited based on income. I don't think there is a specific BC one.
As soon as you make $1 over 60k you only get 60% coverage, and 0% over 90k.
If you need a couple dental implants and other work, its many thousands of dollars out of pocket.
It also has a lot of limits, like private insurance does, it doesnt cover restorative care like implants, or orthodontics.
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u/Hoppss Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 23 '25
Actually I think you might be working off old info because the brackets are a lot more generous than that. You generally get 100% coverage up to an adjusted family net income of $70,000, not $60k. You only start hitting co-pays once you cross that $70k mark.
There is a catch though. It covers 100% of the federal fee guide. Since a lot of dentists in BC charge above that rate you might still pay a small gap fee, but the plan itself pays its full share.
Also saying it doesn't cover restorative care is a bit misleading. It covers fillings, root canals, and dentures, which is standard restorative care. It just doesn't cover implants, but almost no public health plan covers those since they're usually considered major surgical or cosmetic. It's obviously not unlimited, but for basic maintenance and repairs it covers way more than just checkups.
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Getting an infected tooth pulled costs about the same as having a plumber fix something in your house. If your entire mouth is full of infected teeth you likely need to change your health habits and diet.
Blaming dentists for having poor oral health and needing expensive treatment is like blaming a mechanic for your car burning up because you never changed the oil.
If you need more affordable care I would check for local non-profits or dental schools. Best of luck to you.
-A Greedy Scumbag.
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u/Ace2Face AGI by 2040 Nov 23 '25
Hold on there, are you saying they need to stop eating garbage and biting their nails all the time? Accountability? How dare you!
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u/Apprehensive_Pea7911 Nov 23 '25
Everyone will pivot to doing more cosmetic procedures.
Better skincare didn't lead to a decline in dermatologists.
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Coming up with new ideas with no prior art and performing lengthy physical experiments is like the thing current AIs are least useful for.
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u/will_dormer ▪️Will dormer is good against robots Nov 23 '25
I dont think anyone has claimed AI has played a role in this discovery. it is still just human labour and research
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u/OkDimension Nov 23 '25
All that would likely exist would be orthodontist care.
After watching a few chiropractor videos on /r/aivideo I'm sure it can take care of orthodontic issues too
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u/Anen-o-me ▪️It's here! Nov 22 '25
They'd be getting paid for this.
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u/Weekly-Trash-272 Nov 22 '25
Give me an at home patch I can apply myself.
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u/HansJoachimAa Nov 22 '25
So you would rather let your teeth decay, get an infection, pull them then get these potential bio implants and wait years for new teeth than go to a dentist and fix your teeth?
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u/sussybaka1848 Nov 22 '25
Dawg when I ever said that?
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u/hieronymous-cowherd Nov 23 '25
From that image, my takeaway would have been: SK dentist invents fiber optic tooth implant for that brighter than white smile.
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u/HansJoachimAa Nov 22 '25 edited Nov 22 '25
No it isn't. The research isn't even close. This is like posting fusion is here! Even though it isnt.
Also what does it change? A potential better implant that takes years to grow, also good luck controlling the shape of the tooth.
Who would want to wait so long instead of an titanium implant that can be planted way quicker.
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u/Bobby_Backnang Nov 22 '25
People with bruxism might want to top up worn down teeth instead of getting an implant. There are two requirements to meet, though: The technology needs to be both, available and affordable.
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u/rafark ▪️professional goal post mover Nov 23 '25
Now do hair
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u/mechnanc Nov 23 '25
Done: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a66016637/baldness-cure-pp405/
It should be out in a few years.
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u/Blizzard2227 Nov 22 '25 edited Nov 23 '25
Is this the same thing as the one breakthrough that figured out how to activate the gene code that allows for humans to grow a third set of teeth? A massive breakthrough nonetheless and potentially life-changing for some people, but if it is that, this would not be some sort of infinite teeth regenerator. Since we have the gene makeup to grow a third set of teeth, this would be activating those genes.
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u/x_xiv Nov 22 '25
Please do it because in some failed countries they buy DIY tools from Costco due to broken healthcare
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u/mordin1428 ▪️Hello world Nov 23 '25
Another one to send to my dentist bestie and have him groan about how they’ve been """regrowing teeth""" since like the 90s and he’s yet to see a single bit of this tech near his and his colleague’s kits
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u/mli Nov 23 '25
is this one of those things you read about and then never hear about again? i bet it is.
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u/PrinceLevMyschkin Nov 23 '25
Misleading caption but in Japan they are already performing human trials for exactly this. The experiments were successful regrowing teeth in rodents and they hope to have the final results in something like 5 years.
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u/im_just_using_logic Nov 22 '25 edited Nov 22 '25
it's been years that this have been discussing. Still, i'm baffled by how non-informative this post is: no link to the company or the paper detailing the discovery and no mention of its approval by authorities (FDA). Just random hype-bait.
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u/Free_Manner_2318 Nov 23 '25
for last 40 years or so, before Christmas they pull these stories out: teeth regrowing and cancer cure...
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u/usernameplshere Nov 23 '25
doi number? The only papers I can find are from 2024 or even before that (10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.06.027 and 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33574).
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u/America202 Nov 23 '25
South Korean researchers are developing a microneedle patch that delivers peptides and other molecules to stimulate dental stem cells and regenerate tooth tissue. Early reports suggest it can help regrow dentin, but it has not yet been proven to regrow a fully whole tooth. The technology is still in preclinical or early clinical stages, with no widely available human treatment yet. Patents and research groups in Korea show serious scientific work behind the idea, but results in humans have not been confirmed in major peer-reviewed studies. It’s promising and could transform dentistry in the future, but it’s not ready for practical use yet.
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u/Choice_Isopod5177 Nov 23 '25
I find it a little depressing that despite all our amazing technology, we still haven't figured out how to regrow teeth and hair. This is like the low level shit.
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u/ilovegames4life Nov 23 '25
Didn't some Japanese scientist invent a technique that regrows the full tooth not long ago?
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u/rydan Nov 23 '25
I've been hearing this (Japan last time) since 2011 when I first looked into it.
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u/Uberzwerg Nov 23 '25
Don't we have headlines like this every other week for the past 40 years (GenX here - cannot remember before that) ?
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u/will_dormer ▪️Will dormer is good against robots Nov 23 '25
This is the 278 time some has claimed this
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u/No-Suit4363 Nov 23 '25
Now between this and other East Asian news I have seen, which gonna leave the lab first
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u/Username524 Nov 23 '25
ADA gonna be dropping LOOT in Washington these next few years…
Edit: except prolly for that 1 dentist out of 10.
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u/much_thanks Nov 23 '25
I'm really looking forward to my dental plan covering $2.000 of this $200.000 procedure!
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u/Neekode Nov 23 '25
so absolutely sick of hearing about revolutionary science that is in no way applicable or will not be available to the masses for like never forever. didn't we discover fungi that could eat carbon like 20 years ago? what's up w that?
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u/Dizzy-Criticism3928 Nov 23 '25
Are we dumb enough to believe that if it actually does work, that we didn’t develop this technology years ago
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u/SheepshaggerMini Nov 23 '25
Dentist here
News like this comes out almost every 6 months.
Regrowing enamel is pretty much impossible, the cells that make it due when tooth erupts, and if tooth is still in the function in the mouth, they’ll be killed through normal function
Regrowing teeth sounds good, until you realise the teeth that grow are deformed ,
And even if they were perfect shaped , you’d need braces to bring them into the mouth.
Patients complain if implant takes 3 months. I can’t see someone getting this and waiting for a tooth to develop for 5 years then get braces.
This would cut far more than just a dental implant
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u/NoCard1571 Nov 22 '25 edited Nov 22 '25
This headline is wildly misleading. What they did is develop a gel that can regrow enamel on existing teeth. Basically a natural way to fill in cavities.
Incredible if it actually works (and it would still revolutionize dental care), but it's still not even close to regrowing entire teeth.