• cynar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s likely an injection into the jaw. We already have the pathways to grow new teeth, and where. It’s what kicks out milk teeth. It’s likely a case of triggering it.

    Worst case, your old teeth fall out.

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      3 months ago

      In the previous comment, the one I replied to, it says the drug is administered intravenously. I thought, like you did, it would be some sort of gel or cream or injection into an old tooth socket or something like that. However, it seems that the drug is administered intravenously and works systemically.

      I find this all very fascinating

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, so what if you’re like me and you’ve had a tooth pulled and replaced with an implant? There’s a titanium drywall anchor embedded in my skull with a fake tooth bolted to it. What happens if I take this drug? Does it push the bone graft out?

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          3 months ago

          Yeah, I’m in the same boat with a couple of teeth. I really wanna know what would happen in that case, lol.

          Perhaps they would have to remove any dental implants before proceeding with the therapy.