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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2005grow new teeth practically possible?
Hello, This company is doing research on growing new teeth http://www.odontis.co.uk/ How long do you think it will take before this becomes reality in dentist practice? How can you get an engineered tooth to grow into the jawbone? > How can you get an engineered tooth to grow into the jawbone? and how do you stop it growing when it's the right size? > > > > How can you get an engineered tooth to grow into the jawbone? > > and how do you stop it growing when it's the right size? .... and how many giga-Volts will it generate? ... and if it _does_ generate them, will the ensuing magnetic field force two people, who happen to face each other on the tram, who have front teeth growin' in their mugs, to crash into each others' faces due to the overwhelming electromagnetic attractive force? ... and will they be able to drink liquids without frazzzing themselves? ... and if they go swimming, will every jellyfish in Odin's creation seek them out in a love embrace? Just wonderin' SP  SignatureTake out the TRASH to reply Yes that's all possible if you take some more LSD. > > > > > > How can you get an engineered tooth to grow into the jawbone? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > Take out the TRASH to reply >Yes that's all possible if you take some more LSD. >> >> > > >> > > How can you get an engineered tooth to grow into the jawbone? >> > >> > and how do you stop it growing when it's the right size? REPLY Actually this is a huge problem. I saw this in a Woody Allen movie. The tooth became huge and they had to call out a team of dentists to drill out some space for a living room and a family room. How did they finish the walls? Composite board of course. Joel >> .... and how many giga-Volts will it generate? >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> -- >> Take out the TRASH to reply Hans, Have you heard of bone morphorgenic protein (BMP)? We are currently using it in spinal surgery. Sue (Medtronic) It has already been done at USC in vitro. It involves using stem cells and a callogen scafolding shaped like a tooth. a tooth grows in this scafolding and can then be implanted in the patient. a crown will be required in the end. This growing of teeth has not yet been packaged for private practice. We are looking at another 10-15 years before it is ready for patients. > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > How can you get an engineered tooth to grow into the jawbone? > It has already been done at USC in vitro. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This growing of teeth has not yet been packaged for private practice. > We are looking at another 10-15 years before it is ready for patients. I have some other parts I wanna see grow... well at least one.... and maybe some antennae... SP SignatureTake out the TRASH to reply I wonder what you need? > > It has already been done at USC in vitro. > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- > Take out the TRASH to reply > > > It has already been done at USC in vitro. > > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -- > > Take out the TRASH to reply > I wonder what you need? ..... This ain't the right forum fer that.... SP SignatureTake out the TRASH to reply Looking over old articles on dental possibilities for the future, this one dated Dec 80, is titled "Serum to prevent tooth decay expected in 5 years". Has it been overlooked by this consumer or like many predictions, never materialized? Short excerpts of the article. A Federally sponsored program to produce vaccines against tooth decay is so successful that immunization to prevent cavities can be expected in 5 to 10 years, the chief of the program said. (Dr. William H. Bowen , chief of the caries prevention research branch of the National Institute for Dental Research.) Several types of vaccines are being developed at research centers and trials in children are expected in several years if the vaccines continue to be proven safe , he said. This would have a major impact on the nations oral health and in dentistry. Tooth decay is second only to colds as the most common affliction in the country. America's dental bill for treating cavities is 6 billion annually. One of the vaccines made killed bacteria encased in capsules which are swallowed. etc. etc. etc. Not even worth continuing. Had to retrieve the article from the garbage to quote it. Names mentioned. Dr. Bowen of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. University of Alabama State University of New York at Buffalo Five monkey were injected with live bacteria. In five years the monkeys developed no cavities. Lactic acid eats at tooth enamel causing cavities. Has something been missed by consumers. Gail With such predictions, beginning to think my theory on the cause of crohns may still have a chance. The cost of research for crohns and loss of productivity is 8 billion. > Looking over old articles on dental possibilities for the future, this one > dated Dec 80, is titled "Serum to prevent tooth decay expected in 5 years". > Has it been overlooked by this consumer or like many predictions, never > materialized? 1998 - Scientists develop vaccine against tooth decay The company hopes they can roll out a consumer product in 2001 or 2002 http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9804/29/tooth.decay/ http://www.markarkleiman.com/archives/microeconomics_and_policy_analysis_/2005/0 4/a_vaccine_against_tooth_decay.php Quote: According to an NIH panel report, this is not work likely to be funded by the pharmaceutical industry; the best time to do the immunization is before teething, which means that the clinical trials to determine whether the vaccine prevented caries in adults might last longer than the patents. > Looking over old articles on dental possibilities for the future, this one > dated Dec 80, is titled "Serum to prevent tooth decay expected in 5 years". [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > may still have a chance. The cost of research for crohns and loss of > productivity is 8 billion. Every couple of years a story about a caries vaccine floats about. Most of those I've heard of come from the UK. As long ago as my college days (say, 1972 when I had decided to go to dental school) a dentist speaking to us opined that the future didn't look too bright with a caries vaccine in animal testing. What I had heard (perhaps not about that particular vaccine, is that there was cross-sensitization with myocardium. In English, that means you develop an immune reaction to the bacteria responsible for caries (S. mutans) AND a bonus immunity to heart muscle. I'm guessing some dentist planted that rumor. Steve Signature{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 Remove "nospam" to reply\par } > Every couple of years a story about a caries vaccine floats about. > Most of those I've heard of come from the UK. As long ago as my college [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Steve There _is_ enormous amounts of research being done to perfect the caries vaccine. One of the Profs at U.Laval is in that group and they are saying that it is really advancing by giant steps. I'm lookin' for the company that comes out with it first and I'm bettin' the farm on 'em when they make an IPO. If they give it to one of the existing pharmacueuticals, I'm not bettin' a penny. So sayeth the Pipe, back on the iBook with the Ethernet connection plugged into it, because the @#$%?& rooter ain't workin' properly yet... SP SignatureTake out the TRASH to reply |
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