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Peptide-based biogenic dental product may cure cavities
Researchers at the University of Washington have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins to rebuild tooth enamel and treat dental cavities.
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Goodbye Dental Implants, Dentist Grows New Teeth in Just 9 Weeks
Dr. Jeremy Mao and his team from Columbia University were able to regrow teeth using stem cells as a ‘scaffold’ for the new tooth to grow over. Dr. Mao goes on to explain, “The missing tooth is replaced with stem cells from your body, and the tooth starts merging to the surrounding tissue on its own. This boosts the regeneration process and results in regrowth of the tooth in record time.” Essentially, this could mean the end of expensive dental surgeries used to replace damaged or missing teeth in the near future.
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Portraits by Martinus
Both are 75 by 115 cm, done in acrylics and spraypaint and both are for sale. The one with the joint is a selfportrait, the other one is from my best friend, two hours after he got his new teeth.
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Medicare Doesn’t Equal Dental Care. That Can Be a Big Problem
Oral health cannot properly be considered apart from the health of the rest of the body. By Austin Frakt.
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This 3D-printing startup helps orthodontists straighten your teeth
It’s time to welcome another startup to the clear-teeth-aligner market. Meet ArchForm, a Y Combinator-backed teeth-aligner software startup that lets orthodontists create, design and 3D print aligners within their own offices.
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How Dental Inequality Hurts Americans
Lack of dental care through Medicaid not only harms people’s health, but has negative economic implications as well. By Austin Frakt.
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Instead of Filling Cavities, Dentists May Soon Regenerate Teeth
Researchers recently discovered certain drugs, including one developed to treat Alzheimer’s, stimulate innate self-repair mechanisms
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Mother sues dentist son to repay tuition
Taiwan's top court has ordered a man to pay his mother almost $1m (£710,000) for raising him and funding his dentistry training. The mother signed a contract with her son in 1997, when he was 20 years old, stating he would pay her 60% of his monthly income after qualifying. She took him to court after he refused to pay her for several years.
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Scientists have found a drug that can repair cavities and regrow teeth
A new discovery about a drug developed for Alzheimer's patients might replace fillings for cavity repair. Tideglusib stimulates stem cells in the pulp of teeth, promoting new dentine production and natural tooth repair.
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An Alzheimer's Drug Has Been Found to Help Teeth Repair Themselves in Just 6 Weeks
Dental fillings may soon be left in the ash heap of history, thanks to a recent discovery about a drug called Tideglusib.
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Dentists find tooth root pulp can become an alternative source of stem cells.
A team of dentists and scientists from the University of Nevada, has found a rich new source of stem cells. Tooth root pulps, they discovered, were home to both pluripotent and multipotent cells. The team also developed a way to extract them without damaging the cells.
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End of fillings in sight as scientists find Alzheimer's drug makes teeth grow back
Fillings could be consigned to history after scientists discovered that a drug already trialled in Alzheimer's patients can encourage tooth regrowth and repair cavities. Researchers at King's College London found that the drug Tideglusib stimulates the stem cells contained in the pulp of teeth so that they generate new dentine – the mineralised material under the enamel.
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Some Americans spend billions to get teeth whiter. Some wait in line to get them pulled
You can work full time but not have the money to fix your teeth – visible reminders of the divide between rich and poor. By Mary Jordan, Kevin Sullivan.
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Cheese May Prevent Dental Caries, New Study Suggests.
According to new research, consuming cheese and other dairy products may help protect teeth against cavities.
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Man accused of posing as dentist allegedly cooked meth in office
A California man is accused of practicing dentistry without a license in an unsanitary office where he allegedly cooked meth. Joseph Hirsch, of Redwood City, is being held in San Mateo County jail on $500,000 bail after authorities received a tip about his alleged crimes, Mercy News reported. Hirsch, 59, is accused of possessing and manufacturing controlled substances, possessing brass knuckles and possessing ammunition as a felon, the report said. Authorities said it was unclear if any patients had been harmed as a result of treatment allegedly provided by Hirsch.
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The Dentist Sketch
The Carol Burnett Show, with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway
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Venom & Time, 2017
False Teeth & Fatcaps. :-)
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Natural tooth repair method, using Alzheimer's drug, could revolutionize dental treatments
A new method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp using an Alzheimer's drug has been discovered by a team of researchers at King's College London. Following trauma or an infection, the inner, soft pulp of a tooth can become exposed and infected. In order to protect the tooth from infection, a thin band of dentine is naturally produced and this seals the tooth pulp, but it is insufficient to effectively repair large cavities.
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Does gum disease have a link to cancer, dementia, stroke?
Researchers are looking at whether mouth bacteria is connected to many other diseases.
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Why Mountain Dew Rots Your Teeth More Than Coca-Cola
Chase from ScienceC, to talk about pH, TA, and show off some really disgusting close-ups of rotten teeth!
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