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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Clinical Trials For Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Finally Underway

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Clinical Trials For Drug That Replaces Missing Teeth Finally Underway

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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.
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    milk teeth… like, baby teeth?

    this is a new and unhappy word for me

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      Oh yeah that’s the English term. My bad. Yeah the first set of teeth, the non-permanent one, is known as “maitohampaat” ie milk teeth in Finnish.

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        Wikipedia lists milk teeth as another word for it so you weren’t wrong.

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          Oh cool, thanks.

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      I’ve only seen it apply to baby animals.

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