soon there's gonna be Bluetooth (hehe) speaker and microphone in your teeth. Then the next thing you know is your teeth need security and firmware updates.

[–] trigonated@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't wait to have a chinese lady say "the Bluetooth device is ready to pair" in my teeth.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

That voice haunt my dreams.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

Oh I’m sure dentists will be very happy to poke more holes in even more teeth.

[–] KimchiOG 12 points 5 months ago

Implants are already far too expensive, so I can only imagine the premium they would charge for real teeth.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Last time this came up it was a treatment for people who had genetic issues growing teeth in the first place.

This isn't for replacing teeth that were lost in adulthood.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of toothlessness sometime around 2030.

At the top of the article

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

This is the same tech. Great for people with no teeth, bad for chad.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

what will the legal limit be on number and length of teeth. important

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca -3 points 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 months ago

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

[–] Espiritdescali 7 points 5 months ago

I assume it will be an expensive treatment