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Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel

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Re: Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel

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Post by Auracle »

Wistar wrote: post #92
Hamuko wrote: post #31

> In addition, the researchers are investigating a gel or solution with the engineered peptide to treat hypersensitive teeth. This problem results from weakness in the enamel that makes the underlying dentin and nerves more vulnerable to heat or cold. Most common products currently on the market can put a layer of organic material on the tooth and numb nerve endings with potassium nitrate, but the relief is only temp…

Although I haven't personally tried it, I have friends outside of the US that rave about Sensodyne Repair & Protect original with the "Powered by NovaMin" badging. NovaMin is composed of special ceramic particles that coat the teeth with a compound that reacts with the saliva to form a durable physical barrier. The problem is that the stuff with NovaMin is not typically available in the US. I just searched Amazon and…

I’ve been using it for years - the first time I went to the dentist after having used it for a while was the first time I’ve ever had a dentist be so positive about the condition of my teeth.

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Post by riffraff »

OJFord wrote: post #122
rocky1138 wrote: post #76

If we chew on enough of these lozenges, will our teeth merge into one, curved megatooth?

And why haven't we evolved to have that yet anyway? It's surely better, nowhere for food to get stuck? (Assuming it can still be molar/canine/incisor like in different places on that plane.)

my understanding is that we're basically not supposed to live long enough to care, evolution didn't have time to overcorrect for abundance of sugar and people living into old age.

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Post by jessaustin »

xyzzy123 wrote: post #102
nemo44x wrote: post #51

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I think about this fairly often. When getting a root canal (it doesn’t hurt!) it’s sort of odd to see in this day and age the tools they use.

I have a friend who needed a major extraction at the panicky start of COVID, in Australia. The dentists weren't allowed to use drills. I'm not sure why but something to do with aerosolizing. It turns out the things dentists use when they're not allowed to use drills are chisels .

Most extractions are done without drilling. That's really only necessary when the tooth needs to be sectioned, or if there is a bony impaction. Usually a bit of movement with forceps or elevators is all that's required.

But yeah, sectioning a tooth with chisels sounds pretty bad. I think I would try to avoid that situation. I'm not sure why a dentist would even have an instrument that could be described as a "chisel".

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

tomcam wrote: post #156
Waterluvian wrote: post #118

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Yeah it took me decades to learn that the pain of getting a cavity filled isn't normal. I thought the freezing helped and that the ice pick jab causing lightning of pain down my spine was what everyone suffered. A dentist finally slowed down. Noticed my tears. Asked. Had a conversation. Tried freezing me in other places. Worked perfectly. She guessed that my nerves are anatomically weird.

I feel your pain, literally. No local anesthetic works at all for me. I need to be put under general anesthesia. Costs an extra $6000 or $7000.

>Costs an extra $6000 or $7000.

I'd find that more painful than the treatment.

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Post by zby »

Gene_Parmesan wrote: post #123
Kinrany wrote: post #119

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Startup idea: Reddit, but with a betting market about astroturfing

It does read a little bit like astroturfing, but as someone who had a (different) lifelong debilitating condition that has been almost entirely solved by a few doctor's appointments, I can say that nothing turns you into an advocate for something faster than this sort of experience. For me it was almost spiritual in the end. It was also oddly upsetting in some way, thinking about all the years I had wasted when essen…

Hmm - this is really a deep issue here. How should we learn about these new treatments? Shouldn't we wait for the dentist to learn about it and evaluate - wouldn't someone with more background information be more suitable for that and maybe save us from traps? On average I would agree with that - but there are cracks in the bureaucracy mainstream medicine machine: https://equilibriabook.com/, and also I believe that communities like HN can be somehow trusted - it is possible to be better than the average: https://zby.medium.com/rational-patient-community-6d3617dffc...

Re: Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel

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Post by Hamuko »

timonoko wrote: post #220
Hamuko wrote: post #31

> In addition, the researchers are investigating a gel or solution with the engineered peptide to treat hypersensitive teeth. This problem results from weakness in the enamel that makes the underlying dentin and nerves more vulnerable to heat or cold. Most common products currently on the market can put a layer of organic material on the tooth and numb nerve endings with potassium nitrate, but the relief is only temp…

This "biting hurts" sounds little ominous. Have they X-rayed your roots? I had recently two root canals and the doctor told they have been infected for half a century, but healed on their own. The reason they were infected was I a stopped chewing Xylitol-gum. And the reason I stopped chewing was I my teeth started cracking because of old age. Root canals are not big thing nowadays, painless and fast.

I did have X-rays taken the last time I was at the dentist, but I don't know if that covers the roots.

Re: Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel

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Post by Hamuko »

molticrystal wrote: post #154
Hamuko wrote: post #31

> In addition, the researchers are investigating a gel or solution with the engineered peptide to treat hypersensitive teeth. This problem results from weakness in the enamel that makes the underlying dentin and nerves more vulnerable to heat or cold. Most common products currently on the market can put a layer of organic material on the tooth and numb nerve endings with potassium nitrate, but the relief is only temp…

This article is from March and states the trials were expected to start in March or April. They say each round of trials is 3 months so it will be just in time for the next round if you are aiming to sign up.

I don't live anywhere near the United States so I imagine I can't.

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Post by timonoko »

Hamuko wrote: post #226
timonoko wrote: post #220

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This "biting hurts" sounds little ominous. Have they X-rayed your roots? I had recently two root canals and the doctor told they have been infected for half a century, but healed on their own. The reason they were infected was I a stopped chewing Xylitol-gum. And the reason I stopped chewing was I my teeth started cracking because of old age. Root canals are not big thing nowadays, painless and fast.

I did have X-rays taken the last time I was at the dentist, but I don't know if that covers the roots.

Ok. X-rays are not that good, it mostly is guesswork. But I remembered other indicator. Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point. I had totally painless bag of puss under my eye for 10 years. Only when got infected for the second time, it started to hurt and needed a canal, via which the said puss squirted out. It is like totally new now, did not even need a crown.

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Post by Hamuko »

timonoko wrote: post #228
Hamuko wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did have X-rays taken the last time I was at the dentist, but I don't know if that covers the roots.

Ok. X-rays are not that good, it mostly is guesswork. But I remembered other indicator. Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point. I had totally painless bag of puss under my eye for 10 years. Only when got infected for the second time, it started to hurt and needed a canal, via which the said puss squirted out. It is like totally new now, did n…

>Does it hurt when you push the roots from outside at your face? Also does it feel mushy or liquid-ly at some point.

I don't think so.

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