soon there's gonna be Bluetooth (hehe) speaker and microphone in your teeth. Then the next thing you know is your teeth need security and firmware updates.

[–] trigonated@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can't wait to have a chinese lady say "the Bluetooth device is ready to pair" in my teeth.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

That voice haunt my dreams.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Oh I’m sure dentists will be very happy to poke more holes in even more teeth.

[–] KimchiOG@futurology.today 12 points 4 months ago

Implants are already far too expensive, so I can only imagine the premium they would charge for real teeth.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Last time this came up it was a treatment for people who had genetic issues growing teeth in the first place.

This isn't for replacing teeth that were lost in adulthood.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If the trial is successful, the researchers hope the drug will become available for all forms of toothlessness sometime around 2030.

At the top of the article

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

This is the same tech. Great for people with no teeth, bad for chad.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

what will the legal limit be on number and length of teeth. important