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I'm also curious about this. What prevents you from growing molars on your elbows, hips or forehead?
> What prevents you from growing molars on your elbows, hips or forehead? That is giving Channel Zero: Candle Cove vibes.
A friend I know hopes this can be available to everyone soon. He's suffered from cavities for most of his life, and its shocking he hasn't had to have a tooth pulled. While he isn't the best on dental hygiene I know he tries....but his medication and genetics kinda skew any efforts he makes. He jokes that he'd be lucky to have teeth by 50 still left, and in his case I feel bad for him because he does all he really ca…
Your friend should take a look at Lumina. It's a treatment to inoculate yourself with a strain of s.mutans that does not produce lactic acid and will remain dominant against other strains. Depending on the root cause of his cavities, it is possible that it would completely eliminate them. The mutation occurs naturally; if you have heard of entire families who do not get cavities or children 'growing out' of getting c…
> Lumina is a genetically engineered version of the Streptococcus mutans bacterium that lives in the mouth, and it is supposed to prevent you from developing dental caries because it does not produce acid - It has been poorly studied for safety and effectiveness - Streptococcus mutans is actually neither necessary nor sufficient for the development of dental caries; the disease actually comes about because of a shift in the equilibrium of bacteria in the mouth which encourages the demineralization of our teeth
The USAG-1 protein has a high amino acid homology of 97% between different animal species, including humans, mice, and beagles. I have 0 knowledge in this area, just curious, but are beagles specifically close to human physiology for the purposes of testing this treatment? I would’ve thought any dog breed is going to be like any other dog breed.
They had to find a breed that is, on average, as intelligent as an average human. Animal model optimality, and all that. Border collies were too smart so they had to use beagles.
A friend I know hopes this can be available to everyone soon. He's suffered from cavities for most of his life, and its shocking he hasn't had to have a tooth pulled. While he isn't the best on dental hygiene I know he tries....but his medication and genetics kinda skew any efforts he makes. He jokes that he'd be lucky to have teeth by 50 still left, and in his case I feel bad for him because he does all he really ca…
A friend I know hopes this can be available to everyone soon. He's suffered from cavities for most of his life, and its shocking he hasn't had to have a tooth pulled. While he isn't the best on dental hygiene I know he tries....but his medication and genetics kinda skew any efforts he makes. He jokes that he'd be lucky to have teeth by 50 still left, and in his case I feel bad for him because he does all he really ca…
There are better toothpastes out there that use more than fluoride. Sensodyne with Novamin is one (but you need to import it), along with many that have hydroxyapatite. The latter often don’t have fluoride but there are some with both.
A friend I know hopes this can be available to everyone soon. He's suffered from cavities for most of his life, and its shocking he hasn't had to have a tooth pulled. While he isn't the best on dental hygiene I know he tries....but his medication and genetics kinda skew any efforts he makes. He jokes that he'd be lucky to have teeth by 50 still left, and in his case I feel bad for him because he does all he really ca…
He should test the PH of his morning urine. Excess acidity, as in a low PH buffer is what drives tooth decay. If he can improve is diet with ph raising fruits and vegetables he may slow the process down for these new technologies to mature. Another tip is diy mouthwash. Take poultry seasoning and steep it like tea and strain after 20 minutes. Put itvin a glass bottle, keep it in the fridge and let a serving warm up b…
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Your friend should take a look at Lumina. It's a treatment to inoculate yourself with a strain of s.mutans that does not produce lactic acid and will remain dominant against other strains. Depending on the root cause of his cavities, it is possible that it would completely eliminate them. The mutation occurs naturally; if you have heard of entire families who do not get cavities or children 'growing out' of getting c…
Lumina sounds interesting, but it’s got serious safety and efficacy concerns: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-... > Lumina is a genetically engineered version of the Streptococcus mutans bacterium that lives in the mouth, and it is supposed to prevent you from developing dental caries because it does not produce acid - It has been poorly studied for safety and effectiveness - Streptococcus…
Is there a good way to order genetic sequencing of s.mutans from my own mouth? Have we gotten to the point where a lab test like this is inexpensive enough to be done for the sake of curiosity?
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He should test the PH of his morning urine. Excess acidity, as in a low PH buffer is what drives tooth decay. If he can improve is diet with ph raising fruits and vegetables he may slow the process down for these new technologies to mature. Another tip is diy mouthwash. Take poultry seasoning and steep it like tea and strain after 20 minutes. Put itvin a glass bottle, keep it in the fridge and let a serving warm up b…
I had lots of cavities despite impeccable tooth hygiene. Turned out I had an evil roided up tooth munching bacterial culture in my mouth. It was cured with chlorine treatment. One damn month where EVERYTHING tasted like swimming pool. After that I've had no cavities.