I am always looking for excuses to not brush my teeth, but the dentist always threatens me with painful cavity fillings. Well, screw you, dentist! With new tooth regeneration gel, I no longer have a reason to brush.
The new gel could completely eliminate fillings, instead placing this in a cavity and regenerating the tooth over the course of a month or so.
Tests have shown the gel working on cavity-filled mice teeth, and human trials are due to start soon. Sure, it’ll be several years before this stuff shows up in dentists’ offices, but I’m going to be proactive and throw out my toothbrush now. [Discovery via Kottke]
glennc
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 11:14 AMwhy do these things have to take so long. i remember a spray that eliminated bacteria forever apparently successful in testing and then it never came out.
boc
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 3:09 PMProbably because too many people would lose money if something like that came out.
RogerTI
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 3:48 PMFrom what I’ve been told it’s not outside the realm of possiblity that Pharma companies buy the tech and sit on it so they can continue making money from pills.
Douglas Orchard
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 11:24 AMIm sold… I’ll take 3! (or as many as needed!)
does this mean no dentists or do we still need to visit them for this treatment? i heard of one dentist here in Aus that would drill peoples teeth so that he could have more money for a trip… the thing here is that the teeth were fine and he just brags on about he makes money from good teeth at dinners with family members.
col
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 6:46 PMI heard about a dentist who used to drill out teeth, place tracking devices in them and then sell your location data to ad companies.