• chunes@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    If this were to become commercially viable, dentists would move heaven and earth to stop it. Imagine killing 80% of a field with a simple commonplace product.

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      People who don’t have any teeth don’t need a dentist, regrown teeth will still get painful cavities or other damage and need fillings or crowns, regrown teeth will probably come in exactly as crooked as your originals and require braces, there’s plenty of room for dentists in a world without permanent tooth loss

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      Are you kidding? Most dentists would love that treatment. You get to improve your patients’ dental health, you give them a smile they can be proud of, and you would be the ones administering the treatment.

      This will more likely be an upcharge service for cavity fillings and to replace implants and shit.

    • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
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      Doubt it. This is not the type of treatment that is just over the counter. Tooth regrowth would have to be administered and monitored by somebody like an orthodontist. More likely some will just become specialized in it.

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      Based on how AI might actually replace a bunch of professions, and nobody fighting tooth and nail about it - I don’t think so.