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Grow-your-own to replace false teeth
The Guardian ^
| May 3, 2004
| Ian Sample
Posted on 05/02/2004 6:50:03 PM PDT by ijcr
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To: ijcr
Goody.. learning to nurse without biting
ALL OVER AGAIN.... Does the dentist supply
the "nurse" ?
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posted on
05/02/2004 7:45:58 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
To: kennedy
Pardon my asking, but don't these people know how to brush their teeth? Heck, even the royal family has bad teeth, and they're really Germans.
To: onyx
Imagine, teething in old age. There's advantages. For one thing, I'm already cranky...
To: ijcr
bttt
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posted on
05/02/2004 7:48:26 PM PDT
by
TEXOKIE
(The Will of God is Good! Not my will, not my will, not my will, but Thine be done!)
To: Moonman62
Even for Canadians!
45
posted on
05/02/2004 7:48:55 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(yesterday Kabul, today Baghdad, tomorrow Damascus)
To: Billthedrill
YES! Good one! LOL!
46
posted on
05/02/2004 7:49:00 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
To: jocon307
"I call teeth God's failure. Maybe man has found a cure?"
LOL! For years I've been saying that my first question to God is gonna be "what's up with TEETH???"
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posted on
05/02/2004 7:49:19 PM PDT
by
bonfire
To: null and void
I saw this "cat" idiot on TV. Unbelievable ...
48
posted on
05/02/2004 7:50:22 PM PDT
by
Marauder
(Liberals use words the way squids use ink.)
To: thoughtomator
Hoser, eh!
To: thoughtomator
kind of reminds me of the #1 pick-up line in West Virginia bars....
"Hey! Nice tooth!
To: ijcr
By carefully nurturing the stem cells in a laboratory, scientists can nudge the cells down a path that will make them grow into a tooth. What if the "nudge" goes a little wrong and they grow a finger or something instead of a tooth?
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posted on
05/02/2004 7:53:28 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: ijcr
"Thank God."
52
posted on
05/02/2004 7:53:39 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Liberalism is the end result of too many people peeing in the gene pool.)
To: ijcr
Cool...where can I invest?
To: kennedy
Pardon my asking, but don't these people know how to brush their teeth?
When was the last time you were around someone over 70? I am a fan of good dental hygiene, but I would guess there are more old folks here without all their teeth than with them. Periodontia and gum disease set in... a lifetime in a mouth wears on any teeth, whether you brush or not.
Most opt to pull teeth, because decaying teeth are a source of constant infection that is dangerous in old age.
This will be a great advance when it happens.
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posted on
05/02/2004 7:55:43 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)
To: bonfire
"...my first question to God is gonna be "what's up with TEETH???"
Amen, you and me both! They SHOULD be made of like, stainless steel or something.
55
posted on
05/02/2004 8:07:35 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: not_apathetic_anymore
Cool...where can I invest?Whoa - hold on there - what the excited dentists did not talk about here is WHY the patients lost their teeth - periodontitis - gum disease. The gum is chronically infected and the roots cant take it. So a dental implant goes in and is basically impervious to the gum disease and lasts >15 years. And costs about $250 for the implant. Trust me - harvesting the stem cells will cost 5x that.
And then IF you grow a new tooth chances are that the periodontitis will poison the new tooth and it may fail like its predicessor. $$$$
Titanium dental implants are nothing short of marvelous but I suggest brushing 3x a day.
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posted on
05/02/2004 8:20:16 PM PDT
by
corkoman
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To: ijcr
Imagine if they had this back in the War of 1812 where the requirement to be a soldier was that you have 3 teeth minimum with 2 opposing so you could bite off the ends of the cartridges.
57
posted on
05/02/2004 8:27:41 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: DoughtyOne
Teething at 50 isn't going to be a painless process. Sure it is. You're tall enough to reach the liquor cabinet aren't you? ;-)
To: flying Elvis
Of course some deviant with money is going to have all his teeth replaced with canines. Good point. How do the implanted cells know what type of tooth to grow?
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posted on
05/02/2004 8:35:54 PM PDT
by
Agnes Heep
(Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
To: Agnes Heep
How do the implanted cells know what type of tooth to grow?There are 32 teeth and each is distinct from the others. The idea that a "bud" is going to grow into an esthetically passable replacement is nothing short of fantastic.
And I didnt mention the orthodontics that will be required to align the new tooth with the existing teeth. Ortho is $$$$$$$ too.
So we can expect about $1,500 for the liposuction, $950 for the orthodontics, and that fresh WHITE tooth will look funny among a bunch of YELLOW old teeth. Now What? Staining? Titanium dental implants with the age-old dental lab manufactured crown is a cost effective replacement for dead teeth.
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posted on
05/02/2004 8:43:51 PM PDT
by
corkoman
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