Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years

Popular Mechanics is like Popular Science right? Extremely bullish on new technologies to the degree of taking one study and turning it into a breathless article about how we're 1 year away from flying cars?

Sorry for the cynicism, but I grew up subscribing to Popular Science and I gained a very jaundiced view of this kind of science/technology popularizing

Unrelated to the growth topic, but related to teeth.

5 or something years ago I read here, on hn, about novamin/biomin and started to buy toothpaste with it.

Since that I had 0 cavities, even if my toothcare routine isn’t the best: most of the time I brush only in evening and when I had severe clinical depression episode I could go weeks without brushing.

I've been hearing this for as long as I can remember and I'm not young anymore.

Confused a bit by the article: it mentions human trials began in september 2024, but also that the trials that might prove it working are yet to start?

I’ve heard this for the last 20 years.

This is like fusion energy. It's been 4 years away since I've been a child.

Aren't the shape/size/placement/etc. of human teeth fairly unique across different individuals? At least unique enough to use dental records to identify bodies.

I don't see if mentioned in TFA, but if new human teeth can be grown is it expected that the new ones will just grow in "correctly" to fit a person's mouth?

Old news. They were doing this with ultrasound successfully 20 years ago. I know a guy who a tooth back with his own device.

Let’s hope teeth won’t grow in places they shouldn’t.

Don't need teeth yet (lol), but curious if anyone is aware of a similar/new ways to restore the enamel?

Scientists regrowing everything except hair. Fuck my life.

Growth rate and how you don’t mess it up before it matures are problems

I've been taking vitamin k2 mk4 at 45mg a day for over a year now. My teeth feel gr8. Now I need to get some of this stuff to have super human chompers.