Tooth Regeneration Gel Could Replace Painful Fillings

[PADemD]

* A new gel could soon eliminate painful fillings and root canals.
* The technology doesn't prevent cavities; it heals teeth by regenerating them.
* Although this is good news for teeth, the research could also be applied to heal bones and other tissues in the body.

Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A new peptide, embedded in a soft gel or a thin, flexible film and placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month, according to a new study in the journal ACS Nano. This technology is the first of its kind.


http://news.discovery.com/tech/tooth-regeneration-gel.html

[BlueJazz]

1. Great...Just Great...Now I don't have anything to look forward to when I go to the Dentist.

[daggahead]

2. No more nitrous? n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

3. So what happens if you use it on teeth that are already filled or crowned?

[Geoff R. Casavant]

4. Hmmm, what about putting it on healthy teeth?

Just as I was typing this, it occurred to me that there are folks who you can bet would go damage their teeth just so they could get the gel in just the right spots to make Twilight-y fangs.

[Posteritatis]

5. And they'd put some dentist's kids through college as a result. Win-win! (nt)