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World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)

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TOKYO -- A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Most new things are not at all accessible to impoverished people (we saw this with covid vaccine inequality) and they are the ones most likely to have tooth loss due to lack of access to dental care.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (10 children)

This is true in the short term, but drugs and treatments can get cheaper over time, whereas implant dentistry is intrinsically expensive in a way that's unlikely to ever improve.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (9 children)

@Ertebolle "The tooth regrowth medicine is intended for people who lack a full set of adult teeth due to congenital factors. "

So, not likely to solve the problem of tooth loss through lack of dental care :(