All I want for christmas is a set of stem cell teeth!

Was just reading an interesting article in the paper about using stem cell technology to grow new teeth. It looks like it's going to be pretty costly though, between 1500 and 2000 english pounds.

Here's what's on the BBC website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3679313.stm

Looks like all those nice people in the dentures industry are gonna lose their jobs. :sad:

Nah, now they can just make more money spending less time on these procedures. :wink:

Interesting method - of course, I imagine there will be a fun backlash from religious groups over practical applications actually coming out of stem cell research. But I also wonder how many people who think it's a horrific thing have poor teeth and might suddenly change their tune :razz:

I who had my tooth shot out and suffers from sensitve teeth to the air 24/7 now wishes this would workfor him.

You had a tooth SHOT out?! How the hell did that happen?!

airsoft. Its like paintball with plastic bbs. I took one for the team :smile: ~

Something I may look into as I'm planning on having all my teeth pulled in about a week. All in all its going to cost me about $9000. Can anyone tell me how much 2000 pounds converts to in US dollars?

Brush your damn teeth and this wouldnt be needed.

Another completely ignorant comment from Vash! :rolleyes:

People don't just lose teeth from not brushing them like in the example Ferret posted above but you didn't read because you were busy being ignorant or thinking about being ignorant.

Thanks man. I try and crack a joke, and I get this. f**k off, im done.

Emoticons are your friend...

heh, I have a slightly cracked tooth but thats about it. dont play rugby/catch with stones on the beach....

Ferret said:
I who had my tooth shot out and suffers from sensitve teeth to the air 24/7 now wishes this would workfor him.

My uncle once got a air rifle for his birthday, and his mate didn't realise it was loaded, and shot him in the eye, he has a fake eye ball now, its soo wierd

Something I may look into as I'm planning on having all my teeth pulled in about a week. All in all its going to cost me about $9000. Can anyone tell me how much 2000 pounds converts to in US dollars?

About $3000 i would think

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KoRnFlakes said:
heh, I have a slightly cracked tooth but thats about it. dont play rugby/catch with stones on the beach....

Or fall of your BMX and crash into the floor, thats how mine got chipped :biggrin:

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I was actually born without a permanent tooth - on one side, it grew in horizontally, so I had the fun of them guiding it down, but on the other there was just simply nothing there after the baby tooth fell out. My front teeth had a gap in them until I got braces, then they opened a hole in the proper spot and I now have a bite plate with a false tooth until I can get a formal implant.

Fortunately the Raven job includes full dental coverage :biggrin:

$loth said:
Or fall of your BMX and crash into the floor, thats how mine got chipped :biggrin:

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Mine got clipped (^^) while performing one of my less succesful dives in the pool.

I shattered my two front teeth, swinging on a metal gate as a kid. Scared the piss out of me, and my mother...who intercepted me as I ran across the yard screaming, and spitting ivory.

Im sorry, but there are some really hilarious stories in here.

I'm laughing so hard my teeth hurt

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I got some badly smashed teeth on my right hand side from my run in with Britains social underclass... but I don't think the Government will cough up for me to have new ones :sad:

Interesting though

I think I got off lightly, heh. Chipped an incisor during a rather unfortunate 'mind that surfboard what surfboard ouch' incident :biggrin: