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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 ubercow13 »

MrJagil wrote: post #46
iends wrote: post #26

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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.fixyou…

And the bacteria eat sugar and produce acid. That whole site is a load of nonsense

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

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Post by MrJagil »

ubercow13 wrote: post #51
MrJagil wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.fixyou…

And the bacteria eat sugar and produce acid. That whole site is a load of nonsense

Do you have good sources against his general claims? Should I try out bar soap? I'd really like to get to the bottom of this.

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

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Post by carapace »

hooloovoo_zoo wrote: post #49
taxicabjesus wrote: post #17

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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.

I'm pretty sure it's a prank to get gullible people to try brushing their teeth with bar soap.

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

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Post by iends »

MrJagil wrote: post #46
iends wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.fixyou…

You didn't correctly read what I wrote.

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

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Post by Kinnard »

hooloovoo_zoo wrote: post #49
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…

This some time cube level nonsense.

cube level?

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

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Post by danieltillett »

ThinkBeat wrote: post #24
taxicabjesus wrote: post #17

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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…

You really should not feed chicken bones to a day. The fragments can be very sharp and cause medical problems. http://www.vetblog.net/2013/07/dog.swallowed.chicken.bone.pr... http://keepthetailwagging.com/dont-panic-when-a-dog-eats-a-c...

Chickens don’t have bones anymore - they grow so fast that there is not time for the bones to mineralise. My brother and I used to always break the wishbone with each other whenever we had a roast chicken when we were kids. I tried about a year ago to do this with my kids and it was impossible.

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

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Post by akiselev »

mickronome wrote: post #36
angersock wrote: post #32

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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!

Thats only true if you have simple issues, I've had a molar silently split into 4 pieces (likely) because of a non-perfect filling (one of the only two I have/had). Apart from the non-fix of removing the tooth, there was a tremendous amount of 'umm's and 'maybe's from a competent dentist, and the attempt at root filling and gluing the tooth together ultimately failed. So now I'm stuck with a molar less, or filing dow…

》 Dentistry might not be a dark art anymore, but we appear to be much better at fixing broken bones than broken teeth.

I don't think we are. I'd like to see a real study on this but I would think many more sugeries on bone end with complications that are life altering than dental surgeries, even despite their significantly more intrusive nature (although dental surgeries do always carry risk of nerve damage which can be debilitating).

As a matter of scale, I bet there is a lot more patients for dental work than broken bones requiring surgery. Dentists also see many more patients since the work requires far less time, so I'd imagine these two factors meant they had much more data and practice to work with.

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

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Post by oxide »

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!

Last time I saw a dentist I needed 10k worth of work. My current plan involves a trip to Mexico or maybe just dying from blood poisoning.

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

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Post by hoppa_liza »

oxide wrote: post #59
angersock wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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!

Last time I saw a dentist I needed 10k worth of work. My current plan involves a trip to Mexico or maybe just dying from blood poisoning.

Several acquaintances of mine living in first world countries resort to going back to their 3rd world countries of origin when serious dental work is needed. So much that it has become a trend and a very common piece of advice.

If this is not a sign of the health care system failing, I do not know what is.

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