Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow.(www.popularmechanics.com)
53 pointsby bookofjoea year ago6 comments
  • dormentoa year ago
    > By targeting the USAG-1 gene(...)

    兎 (usagi) in japanese means "rabbit", the most buck-toothy of animals. Going by the fact that they're japanese researchers, this must be a pun.

  • dyauspitra year ago
    I can personally vouch that I have seen new teeth growing in a woman that was 103 years old.
    • fnandsa year ago
      Nightmare?
      • dyauspitra year ago
        Very interesting actually. She was proudly showing them off.
  • roxolotla year ago
    I fell as a child and the damage killed two adult teeth before they could grow so I still have two baby teeth. My dentist without fail reminds me I’ll need implants eventually and I always say I’m holding out till they can just regrow my teeth. Who knows maybe my case has scar tissue that would prevent this method from working but I’ll excitedly mention this to my dentist at the next visit.
  • b3inga year ago
    Dentists will probably lobby against this
    • relyksa year ago
      No way. More teeth → more cavities for them to fix :) they'll likely be the ones administering the treatment to have them grow anyway
    • jxjnskkzxxhxa year ago
      I'm pretty sure that 9 out of 10 dentists would recommend this.
    • nicman23a year ago
      this is the same logic as "there is cancer treatment but they hid it"
    • tocs3a year ago
      “The idea of growing new teeth is every dentist’s dream."

      Why would dentist lobby against this? Or maybe it is a nightmare.

    • captainkrteka year ago
      “Dentists hate him! This one crazy trick..”
  • ThePowerOfFueta year ago
    >Related Story

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    How the mighty have fallen.