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Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 6 Years (www.popularmechanics.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca -3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What is the economic benefit of this?

And if there is no or little economic benefit, what chance is there that we will ever see it happen?

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 24 points 10 months ago

Chances are people who can afford it would pay a lot for this.

So it'll start out as a luxury treatment. We just have to hope it works well and they can bring the costs down.

If it works out cheaper than dealing with other dental costs hopefully countries with socialised healthcare will pick it up.

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What’s the economic benefit of hair transplants? Or any other cosmetic surgery for that matter.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Teeth are far more than cosmetic. The benefits of a good set of teeth for nutritional health, let alone the costs of poor tooth health on your general health would make this an economic benefit.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Exactly. Cosmetic surgery is where the real money is at.

[–] Espiritdescali 7 points 10 months ago

I assume it will be an expensive treatment