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Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by MustardTiger »

iends wrote: post #26
taxicabjesus wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gerard Judd is the chemist who recommends brushing with bar soap [1]. It's cheap, readily available, and works better than anything else. And when combined with a second round of brushing with baking soda, my teeth stay squeaky-clean for longer than any toothpaste I've ever used. [1] http://www.fixyourteeth.org/ Just yesterday my brother & his wife were commenting on how good my 8-year old dog's teeth are. They've ne…

Cavities are formed when sugar reacts with bacteria in the mouth. Normal dog food has very little sugar in it, especially if you avoid feeding your dog human food. (This is why your dog prefers human food. It's generally full of tasty sugar.) Most dogs do have calculus in their mouth even if there is not active decay. There is also subgingival calculus (below the gum line, not visible to the human eye). Taking your d…

>Cavities are formed when sugar reacts with bacteria in the mouth. Normal dog food has very little sugar in it, especially if you avoid feeding your dog human food

Lots of dog foods contains sugars, and even more contain a ton of more complex carbs, which the bacteria do still feed on. This is why species appropriate raw fed dogs don't have calculus, they don't eat carbs.

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by MustardTiger »

xyzzy_plugh wrote: post #19
taxicabjesus wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gerard Judd is the chemist who recommends brushing with bar soap [1]. It's cheap, readily available, and works better than anything else. And when combined with a second round of brushing with baking soda, my teeth stay squeaky-clean for longer than any toothpaste I've ever used. [1] http://www.fixyourteeth.org/ Just yesterday my brother & his wife were commenting on how good my 8-year old dog's teeth are. They've ne…

Does your veterinarian not recommend having her teeth professionally cleaned? Humans who have perfectly healthy and well taken care of teeth still go to the dentist, and for dogs it is no different. You should still be getting her once a year! There are more issues than not which could be happening that are not visible to the untrained eye.

The veterinary business has a huge problem with dishonest upselling and recommending unnecessary treatments. "A vet recommends X" doesn't care the same kind of weight as "a doctor recommends X", and won't until the veterinary profession gets real ethics standards imposed.

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by atomical »

agumonkey wrote: post #23
MichaelApproved wrote: post #18

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Knee replacement isn't much prettier. Here are some links to time stamped surgical highlights sawing bone [5:55 mark] - https://youtu.be/bGOspdD25Dw?t=355 hammering [11:10 mark] - https://youtu.be/bGOspdD25Dw?t=671 Swinging a hammer like a baseball bat to remove a pin [entire video] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnBvpSU1Fcc Dentistry is gruesome but so is surgery, in general.

Made a quick youtube search for latest surgery tech, all I saw was a sewing burning scissors. Cute tech but still barbaric to me. Artery is even more gruesome, plumber. I wish to see organ generation take off somehow.

Upcoming tech is targeting the WNT pathway to rebuild cartilage.

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by maxxxxx »

angersock wrote: post #32
kyriakos wrote: post #5

I hope this process becomes part of mainstream dental medicine. Our current dental technology feels backward compared to other fields of medicine

Eh? Dentistry is one of the few fields of medicine that seems to know exactly how to fix whatever is ailing you and can do so at a cost that can be reasonably borne out-of-pocket without the clowncar of the insurance industry showing up. I'd say that it's a huge success!

It seems most of the fixing is done by removing old parts and putting on prostheses. When a root is inflamed they just take it out. No antibiotics or whatever. There is not much they can do when your gums recede.

This is definitely an area where I expect to see a lot of progress one day. It looks very hard though.

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by vilda »

taxicabjesus wrote: post #12

Years ago I switched to brushing with baking soda and salt, and my teeth have basically stopped degenerating. Bar soap is good too, for removing acid-producing bacteria, but I don't like the aftertaste of some soaps.

Be careful with baking soda. It is abrasive to emanel. Use sparingly and allow emanel to regenerate.

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by MrJagil »

iends wrote: post #26
taxicabjesus wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gerard Judd is the chemist who recommends brushing with bar soap [1]. It's cheap, readily available, and works better than anything else. And when combined with a second round of brushing with baking soda, my teeth stay squeaky-clean for longer than any toothpaste I've ever used. [1] http://www.fixyourteeth.org/ Just yesterday my brother & his wife were commenting on how good my 8-year old dog's teeth are. They've ne…

Cavities are formed when sugar reacts with bacteria in the mouth. Normal dog food has very little sugar in it, especially if you avoid feeding your dog human food. (This is why your dog prefers human food. It's generally full of tasty sugar.) Most dogs do have calculus in their mouth even if there is not active decay. There is also subgingival calculus (below the gum line, not visible to the human eye). Taking your d…

> Cavities are formed when sugar reacts with bacteria in the mouth.

The link provided argues otherwise:

"Bacteria cannot damage the enamel (calcium hydroxy phosphate). There is no such thing as decay of the enamel since bacteria require carbon and hydrogen to live. Billions of human and animal remains show teeth and bones are resistant to earth-bound organisms."

and

"acids alone eat the enamel..."

- http://www.fixyourteeth.org/Gerard-Judd/summary-teeth.htm

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by o_____________o »

We've "cured" cavities quite a few times via fighting the primary cavity causing bacteria S. Mutans with techniques ranging from phages, to a vaccine, to introducing a crippled version of the bacteria in a semi-sterilized mouth. Wondered what happened to all of those options?

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by petra »

Kinnard wrote: post #34
petra wrote: post #31

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The ideal dental treatment would be a dental vaccine(against the mouth bacteria that destroys teeth and harms gums), letting future people not even being aware to dental issues(or maybe just use a monthly/weekly mouthwash). . there was even a startup aiming for that but it stopped due to fda and problems creating a trial. Hopefully someone like Google finishes that up.

What was the name of the company?

Oragenics.

They are not the only effort. more info at on them and others at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caries_vaccine

The science: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708248/

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by hooloovoo_zoo »

taxicabjesus wrote: post #17
taxicabjesus wrote: post #12

Years ago I switched to brushing with baking soda and salt, and my teeth have basically stopped degenerating. Bar soap is good too, for removing acid-producing bacteria, but I don't like the aftertaste of some soaps.

Gerard Judd is the chemist who recommends brushing with bar soap [1]. It's cheap, readily available, and works better than anything else. And when combined with a second round of brushing with baking soda, my teeth stay squeaky-clean for longer than any toothpaste I've ever used. [1] http://www.fixyourteeth.org/ Just yesterday my brother & his wife were commenting on how good my 8-year old dog's teeth are. They've ne…

This some time cube level nonsense.

Re: Researchers use light to coax stem cells to repair teeth (2014)

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Post by stephengillie »

o_____________o wrote: post #47

We've "cured" cavities quite a few times via fighting the primary cavity causing bacteria S. Mutans with techniques ranging from phages, to a vaccine, to introducing a crippled version of the bacteria in a semi-sterilized mouth. Wondered what happened to all of those options?

Probably gone to Cuba with the cure for lung cancer.
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