LughM to [email protected]English • 3 months agoLab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings - Adults could one day grow their own replacement teeth instead of having fillings – as scientists make a key discovery.www.kcl.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1240cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•3 months agoIt would replace dental implants, not fillings but pretty sure it would be more expensive and slower
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoYeah, of all the things to replace with a prosthetic, a tooth seems easiest. We can make a thing hard and strong very easily.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoA good dental work can last for 10 or 20 years (ceramic crown or onlay) but the mouth is a very complicated part and many factors, mechanical and biological, come into play.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoOther than abrasion, what are some of them?
minus-squareMaevelinkfedilink1•3 months agoForce, neglect, drug and tobacco use and other abuse, poor diet, poor circulation, trauma, probably more.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months ago drug and tobacco use and other abuse, poor diet, poor circulation Can those affect a synthetic implant, somehow?
It would replace dental implants, not fillings but pretty sure it would be more expensive and slower
Yeah, of all the things to replace with a prosthetic, a tooth seems easiest. We can make a thing hard and strong very easily.
A good dental work can last for 10 or 20 years (ceramic crown or onlay) but the mouth is a very complicated part and many factors, mechanical and biological, come into play.
Other than abrasion, what are some of them?
Force, neglect, drug and tobacco use and other abuse, poor diet, poor circulation, trauma, probably more.
Can those affect a synthetic implant, somehow?
Gum and bone tissue.